Tesla Roadster

This car is going to be fantastic for people who run over cliffs alot

Passe: Your car is totalled

Legends: Your car experienced a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly

It’s impossible for this car to beat the vaporware allegations. If you see the car that “flies” in the video… it’s a prototype on a ladder frame chassis with no driver. It’s not even a tech demo, it’s a publicity stunt.

None of these ‘groundbreaking’ features will make it to market, mark my words.

And is anybody actually able to suffer through the entire presentation? My entire body writhed with cringe when I had to listen to Musk make up a VMAX target of ‘Mach 0.5’.

Mate Rimac made a good point when the Tesla Roadster’s rocket boosters were announced. There are MAJOR major downsides, including massive added equipment weight (tanks, compressors, valves, and nozzles) that acts as dead weight immediately after the air/gas is expended in 2 to 3 seconds, which completely overloads tires and chassis dynamics.

This dork is trying to impress people with attention-grabbing impossibilities once again. The Cybertruck is totally different to the concept he unveiled. It sucks and this will too.

While the flip is technically very impressive (assuming they can reproduce it live) I can't see any real world scenario where any of this stuff is remotely useful.

How is the fan going to cope with the debris on a typical road?

How is driving around in close proximity to high pressure gases not an accident waiting to happen?

Given Musk's track record on fulfilling his promises, I'm not holding my breath that it is ever going to make it onto a race track. Let alone beat every track record.

Dupe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50112657 (569 comments)

Such trolling is not funny at all in this economy.

What the world needs? Serving ruthless drivers with dangerous cars having ... things (wouldn’t call it feature) impossible to use legally and safely in the traffic. Thought Elon and his servants made one for him. What employees of Tesla think? Do they? Or just following orders? I have no respect for them. They could make good and safe cars for everyone, instead they made toys for tall children.

I hope it will not get license to participate in the traffic.