Elon Musk indicates ‘world’s first flying car’ at Tesla event
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Elon Musk has revealed Tesla’s latest model, which he claims will be the world’s first flying car, using technology from his aerospace company SpaceX to “fly like a rocket”.
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However, three years later he announced the development of the Roadster 2, which will go into production in 2028 and is priced in excess of $200,000, (£150,000), to create an electric sports car “to
The billionaire, who hosted a demonstration of the Tesla Roadster 2 at the SpaceX rocket development and testing facility in Texas, said the sports car could go from 0 to 60mph in a record time
After the event, a Tesla reservation website for expressing interest in the two-seater Roadster 2 showed that a “performance” version of the vehicle would require a £50,000 deposit
In 2014 Musk expressed his scepticism about a future with flying vehicles
Summary
The billionaire, who hosted a demonstration of the Tesla Roadster 2 at the SpaceX rocket development and testing facility in Texas, said the sports car could go from 0 to 60mph in a record time of less than a second and had thrusters. A video of the event shows the Roadster, which he said was controlled remotely “to make sure we don’t kill anyone”, driving up a curved ramp using suction to grip upside down, before using thrusters to flip, fly and land. Later in the demonstration the Roadster is seen using the jets to leap over a line of Tesla’s existing models and then accelerate to 60mph in record time.