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u/blkatcdomvet 3d ago
So flying dumpsters that catch fire?
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u/Plastic_Umpire_3475 3d ago
This is the solution the the dumpster fire problem. Just eject the battery and fly away,
Then it's someone else's problem.
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u/democracy_lover66 1d ago
Ahhhh, the billionaire method:
Make your failures someone else's consequences
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u/domesystem 2d ago
Just wait till that extreme pressure air tank ruptures. You thought they had a fun time finding the OceanGate guys?
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u/Accomplished_Hat9619 3d ago
So Elon showed off a obviously dumb and useless flying car?? I mean thruster controls??? Really? Are we on the moon? How much thruster control can this little light weight car even store? Itâs more like a car that can hop as long as your cool with everyone around your jump radius is ok being blasted with debris and exhaust.
Every man that defends this little pussy needs to grow up.
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u/V-oxPopuli 3d ago
We asked for electric vehicles that are more affordable and can go further in a charge.
...Then this asshole shows us whatever TF this thing is that nobody asked for.
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u/Daniels_Words 2d ago
You don't get it. He's busy with brain chip implants.. and robots.. and making babies he'll never bond with.. and rockets to Mars.. he thinks bigly
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u/Expert_Emphasis5705 7h ago
teslas are very affordable
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u/V-oxPopuli 7h ago
I don't want a car sold by a fucking Nazi.
And also no they're not
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u/Expert_Emphasis5705 7h ago
now thatâs an interesting argument, if you held that same conviction with everywhere else your money goes then youâd have a hard time finding viable options for anything. You see, most spent dollars are funneled into a very small subset of people and institutions, this is both consensual and nonconsensual through threat of violence and/or imprisonment (taxes). In addition, your hatred and contempt for the corpse that is the Nazi party blinds you from your real adversaries. Elon is an autistic nerd who has a knack for business. He is not a member of the SS. You should try focusing that energy and conviction into something that actually makes a difference because i promise you that you wonât be successful in shorting elon companyâs over longer time scales
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u/Sea_Local2557 2d ago
it can fly for 5 seconds and requires several hours to refill, the future huh?
btw, lidar is the future without it no safe FSD can be achieved and Musk is still pushing the only cameras solution, he is a fraud and an idiot
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u/Daniels_Words 2d ago
Self driving! Mars! No..Brain Chips! Wait..Flying Cars! Yes! No..Hyperloop.. that's it. No wait.. Elon "I've never created anything" Musk everybody..
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u/democracy_lover66 1d ago
Honestly give the impression of a man that watched sci-fi but never really paid attention
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u/Daniels_Words 2d ago
He must watch these videos on a loop cackling and chuckling to himself like Beavis. Richest and loneliest man on Earth.
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u/Bigzbebigz 18h ago
Says the guy that's hating on the car with jets on it!! It doesn't technically fly tho.... Who said it was going to fly to the moon? Just drive your Saturn and be chill, no one cares
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u/Accomplished_Hat9619 17h ago
Itâs not a car. Itâs a kite with thrusters that blast once. Itâs impractical and stupid. If Elon wasnât such a horrible person it would make me chuckle. But since it was developed with money that used to go feed children that will now die, it makes it less interesting.
Real men donât let the rich distract them while poisoning communities and killing children.
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u/Dommccabe 2d ago
This is just the Robot demonstration with the guy dancing in the suit but this time its a little model car that has thrusters like a remote control toy.
Only idiots will believe this is anytthing more than another fake stunt to pump stock.
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u/Sad_comment_bot 2d ago
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u/TerrorFromThePeeps 2d ago
I mean, i saw firefighters to this on mythbusters in the 2010s (maybe 2000s). You yank the engine and drivetrain out of a car, its not that hard to lift.
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u/Crepuscular_Tex 2d ago
Then add the same weight in batteries...
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u/PlsNoNotThat 2d ago
For anyone confused, itâs called the tyranny of the rocket equation;
The issue with adding mass to a rocket is that it requires an exponential increase in propellant to lift that extra weight, creating a compounding cycle where you must add even more fuel just to carry the fuel you just added to lift the additional mass.
Thatâs why this is a smoke and mirrors demonstration to fool rubes to invest in more nonsense.
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u/LRonPaul2012 2d ago
Even if there was a major breakthrough for storing tanks of pressurized gas, what happens if one of those tanks gets damaged in a car crash and explodes?
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u/milkcarton232 1d ago
I dont get why ppl think this is impossible? The car isn't flying to the moon it's just hopping up 40ft and landing. There is no way this is street legal or practical but that's not the point... This is a Tesla branded red bull event meant to generate some buzz not a tech demo of upcoming car shit
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u/DimensioT 2d ago
Shows what you know.
The population of people who want to drive their cars up half loops and then have the car auto flip and land rightside-up is a lucrative, untapped market.
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u/MakesMyHeadHurt 1d ago
I believe it was a stunt to fill google results with this crap, so if you search for Musk, this comes up instead of the movie that had a nationwide release the same day.
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u/Mountain-Cod516 3d ago
Imagine simping for someone so hard who doesnât know/care that you exist. Never understood it personally.
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u/finepnutty 3d ago edited 2d ago
Over promise and under deliver
Where is Moon flyby? Where is orbital refueling? Where is Moon lander? Mars..?? What happened to Mars?
And where are the robots..? Hello? Still tele-operated from India?? Full self driving? Jesus Christ
Iâm worried about Musk because the wheels are clearly coming off this thing. In 2 years democratic president will clamp down on this guy and limit SpaceX launches and pollution. Doesnât look good
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u/Chip_Upset 2d ago
What about the Boring Company and advance traffic beating taxi ways under Las Vagas?
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u/Witty_Introduction38 2d ago
Muskâs automotive career started with the original Tesla Roadster between 2004 and 2008. Back then, the company took 100% upfront payments of $100,000 from early buyers, burned through that cash patching up engineering flaws, and by 2008 stood on the brink of bankruptcy without delivering a single car on schedule, though they eventually made it to the assembly line and shipped around 2,450 units.
The second-generation Roadster, on the other hand, is the exact definition of taking the money and delivering nothing. In 2017, Musk collected $50,000 deposits and full $250,000 prepayments on a promise to launch the car in 2020.
Nine years and at least six delays later, buyers still haven't received a single vehicle. Instead, at its October 2026 reveal in Texas, Tesla showed off a redesigned two-seat prototype with SpaceX gas thrusters, gave no final price, and pushed production back yet again now to 2028.
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u/Ok_Pass_7325 2d ago
Do people get a refund? Idk how he gonna collect deposit and full payments, be 6 years late with still nothing to show without getting sued to oblivion and going bankrupt
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u/jaxdaniel86 2d ago
I heard itâs like pulling teeth to get refunds.
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u/DukeSmileDevs 2d ago
From what i know people who go the legal way usually get their cash back because Tesla doesnt want risk going to court creating a precedence.
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u/The_Dynasty_Warrior 2d ago
But who's paying the lawyer fee
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u/DukeSmileDevs 2d ago
Well Tesla goes for settlements which include paying the lawyers fees in exchange for an NDA and relinquishing any right to sue at a civil court.
So those who pay lawyer fees upfront and go through the hassle usually get their money + fees back.
Like i said, Tesla doesnt want to go to court over it and risk creating a precedence.
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u/Breno1405 2d ago
Dont forget he is taking more money for pre-orders, Billionaires and super millionaires are lining up to give him money again
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u/techman710 3d ago
He spent 10 years making this demo. He promises actual cars in 2028, I say he is a lying SOB, as usual. Reddit: remind me in 2 years.
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u/cheesebot555 3d ago
They might be selling whatever base model that is, but the people thinking they're going to be buying a car, any car, that can do that?
Absolute stupidity.
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u/wally_weasel 2d ago
"Car" go up. It's an aluminum ladder frame with a car shaped shell attacked.
Little more than a big hobby drone.
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u/snackdesaque 3d ago
I saw it and assumed its some ai nonsense from his ai company
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u/Eepy_slepy 3d ago
It is real, but the car was empty. Also it's possible that the the one used to show the demo is heavily modified to reduce weight. This shit most likely won't see uses
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u/Land-Southern 3d ago
They strapped SpaceX thrusters and guidance to a tesla model to do a stunt and we are hearing, "tsla making flying cars". No, this car was able to land after falling. Flying teslas is not going to be a thing. The ground force fan has to really wear down battery. Neat but not practical for ev usage.
If we want flying EVs buy the quad copter cycles, those already work.
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u/omgwtfsaucers 3d ago
It is not, it is real. But it is a showpiece and not a production model, never will be. All show and big words, just like we know Musk. In 2035 they'll release just another fast electric vehicle, nothing special.
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u/LeeRoyWyt 2d ago
The amount of glazing people can still muster up over this obvious publicity stunt without any practical application whatsoever is mind boggling...
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u/Anxious-Swing9490 3d ago
I just sold the small amount of Tesla I had. It's been nice buying and selling on lows and highs because it's so volatile, but I just feel gross holding it at this point.
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u/MakeWokeGreatAgain 2d ago
Like,,, its cool i guess if you accidentally drive off the bridge or some other high place, and those jets can safely land you. But what other functional purpose can that thing have ? For sure it cant power those boosters for long ?
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u/Horror_Bob 2d ago
The car isn't allowed on public roads so it's a mute point. No way in hell will a car with thrusters all around it that could explode a pedestrian by activating are gonna be street legal. Like we're not even allowed Nitrous in a car most places let alone this
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u/Due-Mycologist-1154 2d ago
Just imagine that being used in traffic youd probably have people just jumping red lights with it
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u/ReefShark13 2d ago
So like exactly what Howard Stark tried to show off in Captain America... So original.
Also are we just gonna forget the rolling dumpster fire that is the cyber truck??? I wouldn't trust Elon to design a pez dispenser.
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u/Jarl_Groki 2d ago
Next time I visit my 82-year-old father I'm going to get to hear all about this amazing rocket car and how it's made of magic space metal that can't be damaged.
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u/Thewifiisalwaysright 2d ago
I love how a few years ago musk was your guys hero.. now he the big bad scary evil man come to destroy everyone hahaha
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u/TheNomadPilgrim 2d ago
The implications for collision protection is pretty big here.
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u/Horror_Bob 2d ago
Will never be on the streets with those thrusters. Remember, the thrusters moving an entire car have to put out enough force to, well, move an entire car. The thing you're about to collide with will absolutely be hit with an insane amount of force anyway. A child walking by on the sidewalk is getting splattered with 18,000lbs of force when those things go off. Rear thrusters would shatter the windshield of any car behind it. This is for stunt courses only essentially.
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u/xiphoidthorax 2d ago
Myth busters did it with a Chevy impala and some scam jet rockets. Still cool though.
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u/Marshall_BraveStar 2d ago
I only know about this through memes. Is there any serious information about if this is real or how it's done?
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u/Splat-a-pus 2d ago
The clips and the pics that are coming out of the yellow hooks on the sides and even the way that it moved in the video clearly shows that thing was on suspension wires
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u/AnonMoose2 2d ago
Not to mention how absurd this concept us. Most people drive on a road luke shit.... you want them in the sky?
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u/bort4all 2d ago
I could see some a-hole on an interstate kicking his thrusters and jumping over a slow moving vehicle.... just to find another slow moving vehicle in front of it and crashing through their roof.
Oh so kick the thrusters again... but theres another and another and another vehicle until he can either cause a catastrophic crash or dump his car in the ditch.
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u/FourChanneI 2d ago
There's no way in hell they are going to let something like that on the highway, just for some idiot to try and skip traffic and side plow into a building or smash their car into an overpass.
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u/Ok_Lettuce_7939 2d ago
MAGA is the same people blocking supercharger with their I HAVE NO DICK trucks or cutting the charging cables.
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u/anonymous_monkeymanz 2d ago
Thereâs no way that will be street ready in the next century. Whatâs the point? Itâs a waste of money
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u/LRonPaul2012 2d ago
How would anyone even control that?
You might think "With AI, stupid!" but there's no way in hell that Tesla is going to accept the legal liability if something goes wrong. They don't even want to maintain their own fleet of robotaxis because they don't want to accept the financial liability of managing a fleet.
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u/Electrical-Today-258 1d ago
I mean, that's literally the point. Some Blackrock bigwig already posted a screen cap of their $500k receipt. It's meant to either be an easy way for money laundering or a way to flex gross wealth on a product that may never actually see production.
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u/LRonPaul2012 2d ago
I jump over obstacles all the time, but apparently jumping counts as flying now?
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u/PittRobbins 2d ago
He was trying to be the first, but didnât realize that someone has already done it. What a pathetic guy he is.
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u/Abbey_Something 2d ago
Iâm very interested in how much thrust was needed for the Demo. There is no way on gods green earth that the EV Drive did that or powered it. Iâm betting itâs a scooped out roadster with a couple of tanks of highly combustible gas highly pressurized and a lift and steer program and joystick.
I keep thinking of the film Sorcerer where they were hauling nitro for some reason looking at this
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u/Radon_Ryno 2d ago
One thing we can be sure of is this will never improve, won't impact anything, and nothing will ever come of it. This isn't a proof of concept people. They fully expect every single person to be kick flipping and hopping over each other.
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u/Underbarrel_Seashell 1d ago
Pretty cool if you ask me. You are a billionaire, why not give people jobs and create stuff like this? Itâs his money after all
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u/DragonOnCookies 1d ago
"We want flying cars!"
"Elon Musk's company does it"
"WHO EVEN WANTED THIS???"
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u/democracy_lover66 1d ago
Yeah I think I remember saying I wanted flying cars when I was about 10 years old
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u/Independent_Jump1971 1d ago
How about an affordable EV that the masses can afford and will love? Showing off is not useful
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u/Own-Raisin5849 10h ago
I mean, it is actually really cool, but it's more like a "worlds fair" kinda cool, and less of a "Hey, this car runs off snake oil" cool.
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u/jbutler60 3d ago
This will never be made or sold, no regulations to support it and can you imagine the risk
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u/panzer34 2d ago
And youâll notice the demo car has NO BATTERIES. Almost like it was a staged publicity stunt with an inoperable car. CrazyâŠ.
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u/AudienceNext81 3d ago
Itâs really interesting to see how people are reacting from both sides. Either this was one of the most incredible moments of our lives, or it was just a dumb shit that any other car companies could do.
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u/Affectionate_Pay_391 2d ago
Itâs amazing how there are so few people looking at it objectively for what it was. Is it cool? Sure. Is it a flying car? No. No need to glaze Elon. Is it practical? No. Will you ever see this on the road? No. Could the tech be used for a future feature on other cars? Possibly. Was this the reveal of a car that will be mass produced? No. Will he seek a few for $1million each? Yea.
I just hate how people are lowering the standard what a âflying carâ is just to glaze Elon. This is as much a âflying carâ as a whale breaching is a âflying fishâ. I have a general idea of what people expect when they say âflying carsâ. This ainât it.
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u/TriiCop 2d ago
You wouldnât consider the weight brothers first plane to be a flying machine just saying đ itâs a glider at best
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u/mgtkuradal 1d ago
The wright brothers were revolutionary because we went from âflying is not possible for humansâ to proving that it was absolutely possible.
The difference here is that weâve had the technology to build something like Tesla has for many years. Nobody does it though because it doesnât really gain you anything and there are simply better ways to do it if your goal is a flying âcarâ. Any system that relies on thrusters is going to have an extremely limited fuel supply and be crazy expensive, hence why other companies are building what are essentially quadcopters
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u/TriiCop 1d ago
You⊠realize hot air balloons existed for over 120+ years before the Wright Brothers first flew right? In 1783. We were able to fly longgg before their first plane flew. We reached altitudes of over 36,000 feet in those hot air balloons before the wright brothers first flew
You also donât think thereâs any practical applications we can use this stuff in other fields by further developing it? You donât think that this could be significantly improved after a decade?
Engines existed for many years before the wright brothers first flew, why didnât anyone invent an airplane before then?
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u/mgtkuradal 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yeah, hot air balloons, famous for their ability to control where you are going. Nobody had invented airplanes yet⊠because nobody had invented it. Thatâs exactly my point. They created something that nobody else had done before. Tesla put thrusters on a car, but flying cars have existed well before they did this and thereâs good reason they havenât gained popularity. And those are systems that can actually sustain flight, not just jump over something and do sick kickflips. This is effectively equivalent to a hot air balloon.
The only application I see is in a military setting or for high-profile individuals who are in dangerous areas. This will never reach the average consumer. Iâd like to see them put this system on a fully loaded humvee or armored car and not just a shell of a coupe.
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u/Splat-a-pus 2d ago
No, it was clearly a dumb stunt. The car was on wires. No fucking thing using propulsion ever moves that smoothly
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u/habfranco 2d ago
I think itâs something in the middle. Itâs incredible shit that no other car companies could do, not only because they donât have the capability to do it, but also they donât have the cash to afford building vanity projects that have zero real world applicability, and they also have to answer to serious investors.
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u/TriiCop 3d ago
Look regardless if you hate Elon or not this is actually seriously fucking impressive
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u/DennenTH 2d ago
It is if its a functional car. It isnt if it is not. We have no definitive proof that the car on stage was actually functional and not just a shell for the stunt. Track record of Elons announcement style gives me no reason to just trust.
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u/orochi_crimson 2d ago
Nope, a flying car is impressive. This is NOT that.
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u/TriiCop 2d ago
We know you wouldâve thought the Wright Brotherâs first plane was not impressive not understand how technology works
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u/orochi_crimson 2d ago
If you think thatâs a flying car, I got a bridge to sell you.
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u/TriiCop 2d ago
So then by your logic, the wright brothers first plane wasnât a flying plane correct?
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u/orochi_crimson 1d ago
Nope, one is unlike the other. The landing was impressive, but donât kid yourself thinking that it flew.
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u/TriiCop 1d ago
How are they unlike the other? Define what âflewâ is to you and letâs see if it matches the definition of the wright brothers first flight
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u/orochi_crimson 1d ago
Nice try Stephen Fry, but if you canât see it, that seems more like a âyouâ problem.
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u/Key_Zucchini_8076 3d ago
Car go up, stonk go down, womp womp...