I wonder what the final price will be for the "augmented" version with boosters! No doubt even the base model is going to be 200k plus if rumors are to be believed.I mean, you can't say it's not cool.
Pretty smart marketing, using the SpaceX team to create something like this.
Obviously the flying element isn't going to be legal in public, but I can definitely see some variation of it being available (albeit in very limited numbers).
You can pre-order: https://www.tesla.com/en_gb/roadster
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You could pre order the previous version back in 2017, you still never actually received a car to drive
I think he's referencing the one they announced a few years ago, looked really cool but never went into production. Not sure why.
Yeah, that's the one. Coming soon... for 9 years then poof... we sent one to space so that project is done. NEXT UP... flying mini Cybertruck. Get your pre-orders in for delivery in twentynever.
It did look good indeed. It also had 2 hand bag seats in the back unlike the new one.Blimey was it that long ago!It did look good though...
Blimey was it that long ago!
Some of the design details have clearly made it in to the new Highland model. I think the Highland is a lovely looking car.
I’m waiting for all the lawsuits from the people who got roadsters promised to them via the tesla referral scheme when Tesla says nope, not getting any. I think Bjorn Nyland is owed about 5.So anyone got a pre-order in on the previous, or now this version?
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He made a real life rocket league vehicle.
Cool as **** but no way this would be street legal.
edit, a few thoughts
1 - This doesn't fly, it barely hops or jumps. Which makes it useless in the real world, where are you going to land? you are not jumping queues of traffic....are you going to land on other cars? Are you using this to escape the police road blocks? Going to keep hopping away? There's going to be a helicopter chasing you anyway.
2 - The Mk1 isn't even out after like 10 years, I take Elon's claim of this going into production in 2028 with a Himalayan-sized grain of salt.
3 - There is a "road legal" version without thrusters, meaning it's not getting made anyway beyond a few demo units.
4 - The sucking part is very cool though, that is going to help cornering on a racetrack....in the real world though, you are no faster than a VW Polo going in the streets of LA.
5 - Thinking more about it, those thrusters won't be legal. Imagine you are behind it, and this car is in front and he decides to go into insane mode and launch with thrusters....that force blowing back is going to blow the cars behind it backwards unless you are in some really aero-efficient car. It is going to cause car accidents without physical contact.
Cool as **** but no way this would be street legal.
edit, a few thoughts
1 - This doesn't fly, it barely hops or jumps. Which makes it useless in the real world, where are you going to land? you are not jumping queues of traffic....are you going to land on other cars? Are you using this to escape the police road blocks? Going to keep hopping away? There's going to be a helicopter chasing you anyway.
2 - The Mk1 isn't even out after like 10 years, I take Elon's claim of this going into production in 2028 with a Himalayan-sized grain of salt.
3 - There is a "road legal" version without thrusters, meaning it's not getting made anyway beyond a few demo units.
4 - The sucking part is very cool though, that is going to help cornering on a racetrack....in the real world though, you are no faster than a VW Polo going in the streets of LA.
5 - Thinking more about it, those thrusters won't be legal. Imagine you are behind it, and this car is in front and he decides to go into insane mode and launch with thrusters....that force blowing back is going to blow the cars behind it backwards unless you are in some really aero-efficient car. It is going to cause car accidents without physical contact.
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As far as I can tell it's a $250k car, that's the price on the website when you go to order, unless that's just the deposit
The rocket version that makes the car fly has no price
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The one thats in space as litter. Not the Elise derived one.
The one in space was Musks own daily driven 2008 roadster that is the one derived on the elise.
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