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Tesla is taking $250,000 deposits for a Roadster with SpaceX thrusters. The FAA says it isn’t an aircraft
The redesigned sports car flipped midair and leaped over a Cybertruck using SpaceX-developed thrusters. But it won’t enter production until 2028, its promised range has been cut by more than half, and it’s unclear who would regulate its flying features.
The flying car just got a little closer to reality. Tesla’s long-awaited Roadster drove upside down along a curved ramp, launched into the air, rolled 180 degrees using bursts of compressed air and landed on its wheels during a livestreamed demonstration Thursday at SpaceX’s rocket test facility in McGregor, Texas, near Waco. Moments later, it used its thrusters to leap over a lineup of Tesla vehicles, including a Cybertruck and a Tesla Semi. “Turns out the future does have flying cars,” CEO…
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