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posted by martyb on Saturday January 12 2019, @09:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-is-Moller's-Skycar-doing? dept.

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

Elon Musk has a knack for tweeting out some real eyebrow-raisers. On Wednesday afternoon, he delivered, once again:

The new Roadster will actually do something like this https://t.co/fIsTAYa4x8

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 9, 2019

So, is Musk just joking around?

“I’m not,” Musk replied on Twitter TWTR, -0.66% to the delight of his fan base. “Will use SpaceX cold gas thruster system with ultrahigh pressure air in a composite over-wrapped pressure vessel in place of the 2 rear seats.”

Can't help but think Musk is full of crap here - even with the "removal of the rear seats" idea, I doubt that a tank of that size using cold gas only could hover a car for more than a handful of seconds.

Source: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/elon-musk-new-tesla-roadster-will-use-thrusters-to-float-above-the-ground-2019-01-10


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by corey on Sunday January 13 2019, @12:46AM (2 children)

    by corey (2202) on Sunday January 13 2019, @12:46AM (#785725)

    "Where we're going, we don't need... roads." (Sunglasses on)

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday January 13 2019, @05:39AM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Sunday January 13 2019, @05:39AM (#785809) Journal

    Hell, eh?

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    • (Score: 2) by corey on Monday January 14 2019, @10:40PM

      by corey (2202) on Monday January 14 2019, @10:40PM (#786668)

      No, back to the future! Or should I say, Back To The Future.