Elon Musk claims that Tesla’s at all times ‘coming subsequent yr’ Roadster can fly

Elon Musk is once more claiming that Tesla’s at all times “coming subsequent yr” Roadster will have the ability to fly.

The prototype for the next-generation Tesla Roadster was first unveiled in 2017, and it was supposed to return into manufacturing in 2020, nevertheless it has been delayed yearly since then.

It has change into a kind of operating joke, and there are doubts that it’s going to ever come to market regardless of Tesla’s promise of dozens of free new Roadsters to Tesla homeowners who participated in its referral program years in the past.

However earlier this yr, CEO Elon Musk made some uncommon new feedback in regards to the next-gen Tesla Roadster, reviving hope that the car will lastly occur.

Musk stated that Tesla will unveil a much-needed up to date model of the next-gen Roadster for the reason that design of the yet-to-be-revealed car is already 7 years previous, and he stated that car would come to market in 2025.

We haven’t heard something bout the car since and it wasn’t in Tesla’s shareholders assembly presentation.

Now, Musk has once more made a uncommon new remark in regards to the new Tesla Roadster – saying that it “can fly”:

The CEO had beforehand talked about an up to date model of the brand new Tesla Roadster with one thing known as ‘SpaceX package deal’, which would come with chilly air thrusters that would theoretically make the car “fly”, or quite bounce and presumably hover, for brief distances.

Electrek’s Take

It’s fairly humorous that Elon is responding to a man utilizing the traditional know-how grievance that “we have been promised flying automobiles, however they’re by no means coming” with a car that Tesla has been promising yearly for the previous 4 years.

At this level, the Roadster, like FSD, is one thing that entered the “put up, or shut up” part.

Convey it or cease speaking about it, particularly the flying half. The Roadster was speculated to be the “halo impact” for electrical automobiles. I’m unsure how the chilly air trusters play into this.