A lot of scifi tech has become a reality but this is one where I think humanity can actually pass on. I alrdy don't trust regular drivers with regular driving, what makes you think I would trust regular civilians with flying cars? I don't want flying missiles coming out of nowhere into my home or even just out and about. No thnx, use the research effort else where.
It's not a flying car. If I had to guess, this demonstration was just to prove how powerful its compressed air thrusters. Without this demonstration, I believe most people wouldn't believe how much impact they had. That said, we don't know how heavy that car really was and how much space the air compressor and tanks take up. However, if even 50% of this capability makes it to the production car, then the thrusters could help with downforce, braking, acceleration, and even stability control. It would be insanely impressive performance on a track.
What really bothers me is that they call this a roadster. Roadsters have open tops.
This is not a removable hardtop. It's not even a sunroof. It's two separeate small removable panels in the door. It'd be a stretch to even call it a targa.
The roadster has been taking pre-orders since 2017. It's gone through countless redesigns and Elon has given some excuse for the delays about 8 times now? The car shown has no relation to what could possibly be sold to consumers, aka, they don't even have a prototype road car. I don't believe this car will ever be sold in any form. Not stopping them from taking more pre-orders though.
I would never put money down on something that doesn’t exist. I also doubt anyone who put money down for this car are hurting for money. I just love cars.
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u/NekRules 19h ago
A lot of scifi tech has become a reality but this is one where I think humanity can actually pass on. I alrdy don't trust regular drivers with regular driving, what makes you think I would trust regular civilians with flying cars? I don't want flying missiles coming out of nowhere into my home or even just out and about. No thnx, use the research effort else where.