Tesla Roadster 2 car surprised everyone with its strange capabilities; From flying to driving upside down

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Tesla unveiled its new generation luxury sports car at an event in Texas. This car is equipped with thrusters that allow it to lift off the ground.

On Thursday evening, Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk, unveiled what is billed as the company's latest human-driven car. Of course, perhaps the interpretation of human-driven car is more accurate.

At a ceremony held in McGregor, Texas, at SpaceX's Rocket Development and Test Center, the new car did what Musk had long promised. The car took off with a sudden and irregular burst of steam. In one part of the show, the car seemed to pass over all of Tesla's products and hover several meters above the company's electric semi-truck. Tesla executives announced that this car can reach a speed of 97 km/h from a standstill in just one second.

This car is not necessarily designed to optimize safety.

Tesla has announced that it will start production of the Roadster 2 in 2028. Enthusiasts have been waiting for this car for a long time. Roadster 2, which is the successor of Tesla's first product, Roadster, was first introduced in 2017. At that time, Tesla promised that this sports car would become the fastest mass-produced car in the world.

Roadster 2 flyability and technical performance

Lars Morway, director of engineering of Tesla cars, explained that the ability to fly this car is provided by four propulsion engines. He expressed hope that the production version can reach a speed of 370 km/h; However, Musk set a more ambitious goal, saying he hopes the car will reach half the speed of sound, about 620 kilometers per hour. For comparison, the top speed of modern Formula One cars usually reaches around 354 km/h.

Tesla also announced that the Roadster 2 will travel more than 480 km on a single charge. That's acceptable for a regular electric car, but not impressive compared to many electric luxury cars. For example, the Tesla Model 3 can travel up to 580 kilometers on a single charge.

Tesla has announced that the propulsion engines of this car work with compressed gas stored inside it. Musk claimed that the technology used to lift the car off the ground also creates downforce, which allows the car to go through corners at very high speeds. He said about the performance of the car on the track:

This car will break all the track records recorded so far.

Tesla initially promised that the Roadster 2 would reach customers in 2020. However, at Thursday's event, Tesla's team announced the new launch schedule and did not elaborate on the final price of the car. Elon Musk has a long history of not delivering on some of his most ambitious product promises, and the launch schedule for many of Tesla's products has fallen behind schedule many times.

Tesla announced on X social network that the Roadster 2 will be available in three versions. The first version, named Performance, is a road-ready two-seater car, which, unlike the example shown at the ceremony, will not have propulsion engines. The second version named Trust is designed for racing and the third version named Rocket will be a ready-to-fly model with only one seat.

On Tesla's website, the rocket version is only available to invited people and the trust version is also limited. Currently, it is only possible to register a reservation for the performance version.

When this car was first introduced, enthusiasts paid $50,000 as a down payment for a model that was priced at $200,000. The value of this amount in 2026, including inflation, will reach more than 68 thousand dollars. Some customers got tired of waiting for a long time. Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, also complained about the difficulty of canceling his reservation on the X social network last year. In response, Musk announced that Altman's money was returned within 24 hours.

The current reservation page on Tesla's website includes a fee of $5,000 to register a request. Buyers must also pay another $45,000 within 10 days. Musk previously said that Tesla should no longer be seen as just a car manufacturer; Because the focus of this company is on the development of self-driving cars and robots.

Roadster 2 was introduced at a time when the electric car market is facing complex conditions. Sales of electric vehicles in the United States have stalled after the Republican-led US Congress repealed federal subsidies for these vehicles. On the other hand, the global energy crisis and the increase in fuel prices have boosted the sales of electric cars in some other markets of the world.

Luxury electric hypercars, the category to which the Roadster 2 belongs, face special challenges. Several luxury carmakers have announced that affluent customers are once again interested in the engine noise and power of traditional gasoline cars. Lamborghini also abandoned its plans to produce an all-electric car earlier this year. These conditions can make Roadster 2's road to success more difficult; Especially since Tesla must, in addition to fulfilling its technical promises, regain the trust of customers who have been waiting for this car for years.