The Tesla Roadster demo, that featured a car briefly ‘flying,’ awed numerous watchers
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The story so far: On October 15, 2026, multi-billionaire Elon Musk launched a revamped Tesla Roadster. During the unveiling, the car performed an aerial stunt after driving up a curved ramp. It flew off the edge, flipped mid-air, and hovering over a heap of white fumes, landed safely. The demo thrilled many, but the actual vehicle will not enter production until 2028 and the car must clear numerous regulatory hurdles. Still, Tesla is accepting payments for car reservations — with caveats.
Tesla is pitching the new Roadster as a space-tech vehicle, stressing its similarities to rocket design and sprinkling in space age-style terms to market the design features.
Published – October 17, 2026 09:31 am IST
