Not far, but it stuck the landing. This is the 21st Century i was promised
https://www.businessinsider.com/new-tes ... nt-2026-10
Elon Musk just unveiled a Tesla Roadster that flies
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Re: Elon Musk just unveiled a Tesla Roadster that flies
Top gear did it 20 years ago!
https://youtu.be/5eRdzSWv8NY?si=WSTUgLi6k0Mhkybh
https://youtu.be/5eRdzSWv8NY?si=WSTUgLi6k0Mhkybh
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Re: Elon Musk just unveiled a Tesla Roadster that flies
The flying model is supposed to be available "by invitation only", won't be street legal, and most assuredly has a price tag of "if you have to ask..."
It's almost certainly a pure vanity project. But cool tech nonetheless...
This is supposedly also the last manually driveable new car model Tesla will produce. I'm not sure how much I believe it. They have declared themselves to be all-in on autonomy and seem to be pivoting to be an AI centric company, and while the self-driving product is amazing it still can't quite handle everything (it won't pull a trailer, for one, and still sometimes makes dumb lane choices). I think they will find that "just call a robotaxi" won't be as applicable outside major cities, and even people wanting their own self-driving vehicle will still want manual contros to be available for some purposes. Unless they're willing to cede the vehicle market for everything but robotaxis and the Semi, I think you'll see further driveable models come out once the next generation of EVs comes out in the US (like this "Fathom" truck which is what I think Ford should have built in the first place, not the F150 Lightning)
IMHO Tesla would have been wiser to spin off optimus and the non-driving AI work to a separate company. I can see keeping the energy products as there's a lot of vehicular commonality in the batteries. But then also, Musk's political involvement may have torpedoed the brand in many people's eyes regardless of what products they offer.
It's almost certainly a pure vanity project. But cool tech nonetheless...
This is supposedly also the last manually driveable new car model Tesla will produce. I'm not sure how much I believe it. They have declared themselves to be all-in on autonomy and seem to be pivoting to be an AI centric company, and while the self-driving product is amazing it still can't quite handle everything (it won't pull a trailer, for one, and still sometimes makes dumb lane choices). I think they will find that "just call a robotaxi" won't be as applicable outside major cities, and even people wanting their own self-driving vehicle will still want manual contros to be available for some purposes. Unless they're willing to cede the vehicle market for everything but robotaxis and the Semi, I think you'll see further driveable models come out once the next generation of EVs comes out in the US (like this "Fathom" truck which is what I think Ford should have built in the first place, not the F150 Lightning)
IMHO Tesla would have been wiser to spin off optimus and the non-driving AI work to a separate company. I can see keeping the energy products as there's a lot of vehicular commonality in the batteries. But then also, Musk's political involvement may have torpedoed the brand in many people's eyes regardless of what products they offer.