Are rocket thrusters and mid-air stunts the future of hypercars?
Tesla’s long-delayed second-generation Roadster just made its official live demonstration debut at SpaceX’s McGregor facility, and Elon Musk brought stunt driving straight out of a video game to real life.
Operating autonomously to demonstrate its SpaceX-engineered hardware, the Roadster prototype pulled off two unprecedented feats:
Executing a flat-ground kickflip, perimeter cold-gas compressed-air thrusters generating over 80