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I don't really understand the whole "holy crap this car is a breakthrough angle" too about the new Roadster, honestly.
Was what the demo did impressive? Yes... But the suction fan is a 50-60 year old concept that started with the Chaparral 2J, the Brabham BT46B, then of course the McMurtry Spierling has been breaking lap records all over the world with a suction fan that can achieve the exact same results as the Tesla Roadster... So that part of the car by itself isn't really all that new or groundbreaking.
Then that brings me to the thrusters. That was definitely what many consider the most impressive feature, even if the car isn't actually "flying" like everyone in the media seems to be hyping it up as. But this is also a technology we've had for decades now too, just look at any sort of maneuvering thruster used in any application, this is decades-old tech as well. We've also had much more impressive displays of hovering and maneuvering capabilities in Earth's gravity in various NASA and Air Force experiments.
Not saying the Roadster doesn't have impressive specs or isn't a cool car, and not saying you're not allowed to like it, but this isn't by any means revolutionary technology or anything we haven't seen before. It makes for a neat stunt car I guess, but let's not give Elon too much credit here.
This car really feels like 95% an Elon Musk ego project and PR stunt to me anyways. He wants to look like the real-life Tony Stark again after his political career made most people despise him. Also he's probably hoping most of the general public is too dumb to look up that the trim level it's actually going to be on is a very limited-production (if it even makes it there) stunt car that nobody can drive on the road.
Was what the demo did impressive? Yes... But the suction fan is a 50-60 year old concept that started with the Chaparral 2J, the Brabham BT46B, then of course the McMurtry Spierling has been breaking lap records all over the world with a suction fan that can achieve the exact same results as the Tesla Roadster... So that part of the car by itself isn't really all that new or groundbreaking.
Then that brings me to the thrusters. That was definitely what many consider the most impressive feature, even if the car isn't actually "flying" like everyone in the media seems to be hyping it up as. But this is also a technology we've had for decades now too, just look at any sort of maneuvering thruster used in any application, this is decades-old tech as well. We've also had much more impressive displays of hovering and maneuvering capabilities in Earth's gravity in various NASA and Air Force experiments.
Not saying the Roadster doesn't have impressive specs or isn't a cool car, and not saying you're not allowed to like it, but this isn't by any means revolutionary technology or anything we haven't seen before. It makes for a neat stunt car I guess, but let's not give Elon too much credit here.
This car really feels like 95% an Elon Musk ego project and PR stunt to me anyways. He wants to look like the real-life Tony Stark again after his political career made most people despise him. Also he's probably hoping most of the general public is too dumb to look up that the trim level it's actually going to be on is a very limited-production (if it even makes it there) stunt car that nobody can drive on the road.
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