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Elon Musk’s new Tesla actually flies over cars — and the internet does a double take

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  • Elon Musk unveiled a Tesla Roadster that launched into the air, flipped and landed safely during a live demonstration.
  • The Tesla-SpaceX collaboration uses suction fans and compressed-gas thrusters, with Tesla claiming acceleration from zero to 60 mph in under one second.
  • X erupted with reactions, including comparisons to Back to the Future and Knight Rider. Production isn’t expected until 2028.

LAY IT ON ME (I’ve got time).

Remember when flying cars were something we were all supposed to have by now?

Well, Elon Musk apparently got tired of waiting.

Thursday night, the Tesla boss unveiled a new Roadster that drove upside down, launched into the air, performed a midair flip, and landed on its wheels. Then, just to make sure nobody thought the first stunt was a fluke, it jumped over a row of Tesla vehicles.

And no, this wasn’t an AI-generated video.

At a SpaceX testing facility in Texas, Musk showed off the long-awaited sports car before a live audience. The demonstration featured a specially equipped Roadster using a powerful fan-suction system to cling to a curved ramp, then compressed-gas thrusters to maneuver through the air.

After the first stunt succeeded, Musk offered a wonderfully understated reaction: “Well, it worked.”

That may qualify as the understatement of the year.

The second demonstration was even more outrageous. The Roadster lifted off and flipped over a lineup of Tesla vehicles before returning safely to the ground.

Musk celebrated on X with a simple declaration: “Turns out the future does have flying cars.”

And the internet promptly lost its collective mind.

Collin Rugg shared footage of the unveiling, calling it “One of the most insane things I’ve ever seen.”

Another X user, MAZE, declared: “Elon Musk just made Turbo Boost a reality. A bunch of guys my age have been waiting our whole lives for this.”

That was a nod to Knight Rider, the television series that convinced an entire generation a talking car should also be able to leap over traffic.

Another commenter borrowed the immortal line from Back to the Future: “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.”

Christopher Rufo called the demonstration “Insanity, it’s like a sci-fi film brought to life.”

And one delighted spectator summed up Musk’s reaction perfectly: “I love when Elon goes ‘Well.. it worked, PHEW’.”

The engineering is almost as remarkable as the spectacle.

Tesla vice president Lars Moravy explained that the Roadster’s fan-suction system can generate enough downward force to hold the vehicle upside down. SpaceX-derived thrusters handle its aerial maneuvers.

Tesla also demonstrated a zero-to-60-mph acceleration run in less than one second, although that performance claim has not been independently verified.

There are a few catches. The airborne stunts are short, controlled maneuvers, not ordinary airplane-style flight. Musk acknowledged that the vehicle isn’t necessarily optimized for safety, and its flying capabilities aren’t approved for public-road use.

Then there’s the wait. The next-generation Roadster was originally unveiled in 2017, and Tesla is now targeting production in 2028. Pricing and availability remain significant questions, particularly for its most extreme configurations.

But for one extraordinary evening, Musk delivered something most people had only seen in movies.

Detroit spent decades promising the car of tomorrow. Musk just sent one over a row of cars, flipped it upside down, and brought it back to Earth.

Now all he has to do is deliver one to a customer.

DBS WIRE SOURCES (I’ve got all day).

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