SpaceX has used thrusters to position spacecraft for decades. Making them work in a vehicle instead of a vacuum took all-new hardware & controls. Every usable void in the car is packed with Carbon Fiber Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (COPVs) More compressed gas on board = more flight time

Oct 16, 2026 · 1:22 AM UTC

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Every car on the road today is limited by one thing: tire grip Roadster's thruster system generates 4–5x the force the tires can. More force on the same mass means significantly better acceleration – physics does the rest
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You guys rocked it tonight. Awesome unveiling.
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That was the coolest demo EVER! Cannot believe that’s a real car
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Neat... now put one in a Winnebago, please
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Insurance companies right now...

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We got cars doing kick flips before GTA6
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"the 1950s just called and want to ask if it has a cup holder"
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thrusters on a road car that actually work. never thought i'd type that sentence
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Give technology a few years (or decades) and science fiction becomes reality....
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❤️
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Good luck to other car companies that tried to copy this….lol
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How is the pressurized gas regenerated? Do you have to go to a filling station or does it regenerate somehow?
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SpaceX COPVs stuffed into every void of a street car. That’s wild.
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미친 엔지니어링!
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Way past impressed.
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Absolutely spectacular ♥️♥️♥️♥️
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And yet I know you’re gonna develop self-refilling thrusters or some other advanced technology someday. I’m long Tesla.
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So now it will fly me into an overpass instead of crashing me into a highway divider?
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Could this be used to avoid collisions? Very cool!!!! Just amazing
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I see why Elon wanted people to see it live with their own eyes, unbelievably advanced technology!
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Nerds saying critiques are insane. What did you nerds build because I don't see your car on the road or spaceships in the sky. Holy crap. Why do these nerds think that they have this opportunity to make a critique instead of just being awe like the rest of us? So fucking cool.
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So... Utter bullshit .. Bond did it better
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Gonna need some g-force training
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Seriously question, not trolling. What happens in an accident?
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I just keep seein that carbon submersible implosion
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Does it generate its own compressed air?
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Are they more reliable/secure than those of that ship that exploded on the test-pad?
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I thought I heard @AOC say Elon wasn’t an engineer though
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Which you got from NASA. You didn't create them, you used technology patterned by NASA. My question: have you paid NASA licensing fees for all of the science and technology you stole from them?
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More compressed gas on board = bigger bomb you are riding.
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So this is the first Tesla that isn't zero emission?
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SpaceX thrusters in a street car... and they stuffed COPVs in every leftover void just to keep it airborne longer. Tonight officially broke the "it's just a car" argument.
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Fucking Legend.
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And it recharges doesn't it
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Great you can run FOD prevention on roads
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