Article What’s happening at Tesla? Here’s what experts think.

[Yazata]

OH MY GOD!!!

Elon says it really sucks! It can drive upside down hanging from inverted roadways! Elon says most people won't want to drive upside down, but the idea is that it can corner so well that it will look like it's breaking the laws of physics.

And, yes, it can fly!!! Not very far, but wow can it jump!

It came off the ramp in the post above inverted, did several rolls and landed softly and precisely on its wheels. Then they had it jump over a bunch of cars and trucks and it landed precisely again after doing show-off rolls. Imagine doing that in traffic!

Elon says it isn't exactly safety optimized, but it turns the fun meter up to eleven.

They tried an acceleration test and got 0-60 in 0.8 seconds. (That's about 3 G's) Top speed is Mach 0.5

If somebody wants a performance car, they want this!!

Holy Shit!!

[Syne]

WOW! That is too cool.

No idea how you'd ever be permitted to use any of the thrusters on public streets... in any jurisdiction.

[Yazata]

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WOW! That is too cool.

No idea how you'd ever be permitted to use any of the thrusters on public streets... in any jurisdiction.

Yeah, it doesn't look exactly street-legal...

[Syne]

The cloud from the air blast alone would be a visibility hazard, especially for trailing traffic. May be a good way to deal with tailgaters though. Might also help with parking.

I'm not willing to give up driving for 100% autonomous vehicles. That's the only way I see this being street legal. But maybe the AI could become safe enough to share the road with human drivers.

[Yazata]

Tesla says that the Roadster will be available in three models, starting in 2028:

1. Performance - This is available for reservation now. It will include active aerodynamics and the suction system that give it extraordinary cornering ability since it more or less sticks to the road.

2. Thrust - This is a "limited release" - They call this one "race ready". It includes active aerodynamics and the suction system, along with rear thrusters that allow it to accelerate 0-60 in less than one second.

3 Rocket - This one is "by invitation". This one adds the additional thrusters that permit upward motion and and lateral rotational motion. This is the one that flies. It only seats one and reminds me of a Dragon capsule disguised as a car. They caution that it's not approved for public road use.

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And here's a Tesla roadster development video. We finally know what that mystery fabric covered structure at McGregor with puffs of gas coming out of it periodically was doing.

https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/2110907551370137605

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Apparently the roadster (I don't know which model) has been setting record times at COTA (Circuit of the Americas) an F-1 race track in Austin Texas.

[C C]

MSM: "Even if it is not expected to generate significant sales, analysts say the new Roadster could play an important role in Tesla's image." Ya think.

direct 53 seconds - fly on the ceiling part... https://youtu.be/prWYM5s1TtE

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/prWYM5s1TtE

[Yazata]

A fan-made music video combining Tesla's two coolest products:

https://x.com/Optimus_RH/status/2111090109860946128

(No, Optimus wasn't in the roadster, and no, the roadster won't be able to soar like is depicted here. But this video really moved me anyway.)

How the roadster manages to cling to upside down roadways (because it really sucks)

https://x.com/cleoabram/status/2111135155750646247

[Yazata]

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[Yazata]

A video clip showing the (then) mystery fabric-covered structure at SpaceX McGregor emitting its gas puffs. The consensus was that it had something to do with lunar landers. But now we know what they were doing in there: Testing the Roadster thruster system.

https://x.com/jrxcket/status/2045255045726269740

People are talking about how good Tesla/SpaceX were at keeping the roadster development secret. Much better than the Pentagon or the Supreme Court which leak like sieves. Most of what we knew about it came from Elon's teases.

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