• ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml
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    20 hours ago

    The “flying” tesla exists, though - there was a demo recently.

    Now, it only has 1 seat, isn’t street legal, is being sold on an invitation only basis for an undisclosed price, and uses compressed air to “fly” so it can’t do so for any sustained period - so you won’t see what the meme describes.

    Also the versions that are legal and actually would be sold at best have some jets of air on the back to make them go faster, but that coats like 250k USD.

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      18 hours ago

      Flying and jumping are different. That car landed and rolled but didn’t fly. The Wright brothers flew further than Tesla ever could.

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        14 hours ago

        Yeah - that’s why I put “fly” in quotes and said it couldn’t do it for any sustained period of time.