"Such a practical car": Internet reacts after Elon Musk claims new Tesla Roadster accelerates faster than a fighter jet taking off

Elon Musk has stated that the new Tesla Roadster can accelerate faster than a fighter jet taking off. This comes after he unveiled the "flying car" on Thursday, October 15.

Last week, the Tesla Roadster was unveiled, which showed the company's first model that worked in collaboration with SpaceX technology. A video of the unveiling showed the new car going up a curved ramp and flipping mid-air to land properly on its four wheels. The car was remotely controlled.

In another clip, the Tesla Roadster reached 0 to 60mph in less than a second and leaped and flipped over numerous Tesla vehicles via a ramp. An X (formerly Twitter) user with the handle @XFreeze shared some details about the car's thrusters and compared it to the F-16 fighter jet. Elon Musk quoted this post and wrote:

"The new Tesla Roadster accelerates faster than a fighter jet taking off from an aircraft carrier"

Users online have reacted to Musk's post and the new car, as one sarcastically tweeted:

"Such a practical car"

Mason

@masonisonx

@elonmusk Such a practical car

Another wrote,

Bandit

@BanditTradez

@elonmusk Except it's not real, it's just a custom frame with a lightweight body on top that looks a little like a car, using nitrogen thrusters that takes 7 hours to refill, for 5 seconds of thrust Frankly, a fighter jet is more obtainable and easier to maintain .. and more useful

Another commented,

Myles, Is this easy mode?

@MowzaProduction

@elonmusk F*ck yeah that totally going make everyone's lives better

Users continued to share their thoughts on Elon Musk's post; some even asked about the G-force, as one wrote,

Travis Cook /unsupervised

@travis_cook_

@elonmusk Do I need to wear a G suit or go through astronaut training?

Another commented,

Robert Boyd

@rboyd

@elonmusk How does it look on the Martian sim? Can you pressurize the cabin?

Another tweeted,

jensenkdiplomat

@JRope5351525308

@elonmusk Yes, the fighter is pushed only by compressed air…. The Roadster has thrusters, engineering and technological prowess.

Elon Musk and Tesla have confirmed that production for the new car with thrusters will start in 2028.

According to Tesla's website, interested individuals will have to pay a deposit of $50,000 for the 'performance' variant of the car (via The Guardian). For the 'thrust' variant, they will have to pay $250,000, while the 'rocket' variant is invite-only.

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Elon Musk claims the new Tesla Roadster could potentially fly over the Grand Canyon in the next demo

In one of the first videos of the Tesla Roadster 2, it jumped and flipped over the other Tesla vehicles put in line using a ramp. Elon Musk shared this clip on X on October 16 and wrote:

"Turns out the future does have flying cars"

He then quoted this post the following day and claimed:

"Future fun Roadster demos will include flying over the Snake River or maybe Grand Canyon and landing on its wheels and exceeding half the speed of sound"

He also joked about the car's name being Roadster and wrote:

"Since fate maximizes for ironic entertainment, it was inevitable that the “Roadster” would be a flying car"

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

Since fate maximizes for ironic entertainment, it was inevitable that the “Roadster” would be a flying car

During the unveiling, Musk revealed that the car was controlled remotely. As per CNN, he said that the "success was not guaranteed". Hence, they chose not to have a driver in the two-seater so they "don’t kill anyone."

The Tesla Roadster is a collaboration between Tesla and SpaceX. Elon Musk said that the car is the result of what "happens when you have a collaboration with the world’s best car company and the world’s best rocket company.”

The demo videos were made at a facility in Texas, owned by SpaceX. An audience also attended the event, and Musk asked them to tell people that it wasn't Artificial Intelligence. He added that he wasn't sure if it was "necessarily legal in all jurisdictions."

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