Tesla reveals SpaceX-powered Roadster that flies and falls with style

Tesla just revealed its redesigned second-generation Roadster with SpaceX thrusters, a vehicle he has called “the best of the last of the human-driven cars.”

Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed off the car at an event outside Waco, Texas, with a demonstration that saw the car use a mixture of high-powered fans and thrusters to drive up an inverted ramp, spin around, and ease itself to a landing on the pavement below. The car also used the thrusters to lift itself up over a Cybercab, Cybertruck, Tesla Semi, Model Y, and Model 3 while in motion.

Musk said Tesla will finally build the long-delayed vehicle in 2028, but didn’t name a price.

“This will be the actual car that’s on the roads,” Musk said of the car, which Tesla showed going 0-60 miles per hour in one second. “It literally is just going to puff itself up, and uh, and be...

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