alt Hacker NewsBoth versions have giant nitrogen tanks that expel gas. Neither has combustion. I won’t say it’s not novel, I will say that there’s 0 chance it’s street legal with the vertical thrusters, little chance it’s legal with the rear thrusters, and given that it takes 6 hours to fill the tank for a single use that is good for 1/3rd of a quarter mile, almost useless.
It made for a great marketing stunt, it is absolutely useless for a production car. And you can tell the designers realize it but were at the whims of Elon in their interview.
We were promised an awd, 620 mile range monster almost a decade ago, and then again 6 years ago. We were delivered a “maybe 310 mile” range, rwd doorstop.
I’m not sure who this car is for, but it’s definitely not car guys. It is the cybertruck of sports cars, and that’s not a good thing…
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> I’m not sure who this car is for
People couldn't figure out what to do with airplanes other than racing them. Until WW1, when it was first used for observation.
I wonder if this technology will revive the jet pack. At least it won't set your ankles on fire! And it's a lot simpler than a jet engine.
> …there’s 0 chance it’s street legal with the vertical thrusters…
Page says:
> Note: Not approved for public road use.
Best summary:
| ... cybertruck of sports cars ...
Replacing Tesla Cybertruck as the primary emergency escape vehicle for astronauts?
I think it's really for use off-planet..
The timing of this stunt with the release of the Musk documentary seems more than a coincidence.
It's compressed air from what I can read and it contains a compressor to refill the tank.
A concept car, primarily a track car I think. I would think less than 10000 will be sold but some of the tech will make it into other models over time and the tech could be interesting for military application. Jumping Humvees like cars anyone?
Even Wall Street bets was mocking it on Reddit. You know it’s bad when the apes turn on one of their champions.