Tesla Roadster Flies

TeslaTeslaAmerican automotive and clean energy company unveiled a prototype of its next-generation Roadster at a SpaceXSpaceXAmerican spaceflight and AI company test site in Texas, showing it climb an inverted ramp, launch briefly, flip and land. The car extends a program first shown in 2017, after Tesla once expected deliveries in 2020. MuskElon MuskAmerican businessman (born 1971) said the demonstration car had no occupant because he did not want to kill anyone, and warned it was not necessarily safety-optimized. Tesla said compressed-air tanks and cold-gas thrusters provide thrust, while suction fans help it cling upside down. The company claimed under one-second zero-to-60-mph acceleration, about 300 miles of range, and versions from road-ready to air-ready. Production is set for 2028, with no final price and public-road flight approval still unclear.