0-60mph in 1 second

[signal_line]

 

[jewelerguy]

the future is here. I'd love to know what the other auto manufacturers thought when seeing this

 

[unclemac]

cool gimmick

 

[signal_line]

Yeah, the flying one is not street legal.
In outer space you have little time to work. Not much time when you are flipping upside down on the street; if anything goes wrong probably serious injury or worse. I can’t imagine anybody wanting to go upside down but probably a whole bunch of people want to. Jump the Snake River canyon? Maybe with a parachute for big money.

 

[Terry Soloman]

The guy is so ahead of his time, as are the people he hires!

 

[Oregon Viking]

Damn....... I'm not trading this in just yet though !!

 

[robertk]

Like they said in Toy Story ... "That's not flying. That's falling with style."

 

[newnan man]

My neighbor has a Tesla, he said it's crazy fast.

 

[signal_line]

0 - 60 mph 0.81 seconds Elon said the production version will be faster. He said they could eventually reach a point the car accelerates so fast it will detach your retinas.

I like part says it has more power that a fighter jet.

 

[unclemac]

electric cars are fine for city folk, perhaps even a good choice. But out west for us who like road trips, not so much...

 

[guest]

Haha... try that in a tunnel and you’ll be nothing but ashes.🤣🤣🤣

 

[UnderMiner]

Like they said in Toy Story ... "That's not flying. That's falling with style."

I think of it more as a safety feature. Imagine all the lives that can be saved if a car knows when to fire retro thrusters to save its passengers faster than they can react - like falling off a cliff. The car falls off a cliff and then instead of hitting the ground it fires thrusters just before impact and lands safely - even if the drop was hundreds of feet, like an external airbag kind of device but with compressed air. That's what this can do potentially.

 

[signal_line]

The suction holds the car down so the tires get better grip, like from 0 - 60 mph but also helps on corners or LOL going through tunnels upside down.

 

[AU Seeker]

There are unforeseen hazards with this new Tesla roadster!!

 

[golddigger14s]

Note: While the video is real, aerospace and automotive experts point out that the vehicle used was likely a hollowed-out, heavily lightened shell rather than a street-legal production car. The massive blast of compressed air required to lift a car only lasts for roughly 1 to 3 seconds, meaning it can perform a "hop" or a "kickflip," but it cannot actually fly long distances like an airplane. [1, 2, 3]