Tesla's new Roadster makes a flying debut, hitting 60 MPH in under a second

Tesla's new Roadster makes a flying debut, hitting 60 MPH in under a second(foxbusiness.com)

24 points by nsoonhui 2 hours ago | 6 comments

romaaeterna 14 minutes ago |

Amazing tech demo. I would have liked to see more discussion of the cold-gas thrusters in the earlier Hacker News article. Some people seemed confused and made claims that the demo was a separate "rocket" version that used a combustion technology.

mittensc 31 minutes ago |

is it me or does it just look ugly?, was expecting the original roadster looks...

darkspine 37 minutes ago |

Some more discussion here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50112657

oniony 34 minutes ago |

All they were missing was the shark.

tokarf 46 minutes ago |

lame

pluc 2 hours ago |

Awesome, another technology we want to implement before we have the infrastructure to support it.

harlequinetcie 14 minutes ago | |

Exactly this... Which city will allow for a car they cannot chase with a patrol?

It would have been much better if it was a skateboard, tbh.