Tesla announced new Roadster model – True

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Elon Musk showed off the new Tesla Roadster prototype Thursday that can briefly launch itself into the air using rocket-inspired thrusters.

Tesla posted the videos to showcase the official launch of the company's new Roadster model. The footage shows the car performing several mid-air stunts in front of a live audience.

Tesla announced three configurations ("Performance", "Thrust", and "Rocket"), the latter two using cold gas thrusters developed with SpaceX; Tesla engineers have also described a base version below the Performance model. In 2011, at the end of the production run of the original Tesla Roadster, Musk suggested that a new ...

Will the new Tesla Roadster include SpaceX thruster technology? The prototype shown on October 15 used SpaceX-developed cold-gas thrusters and a suction system for jumps, spins, and other aerial demonstrations. It was a long-circulating claim among Tesla enthusiasts, but the thrusters are not a confirmed specification for a customer-production vehicle. How much will the Tesla Roadster cost? No final purchase prices have been announced for the second-generation Roadster.

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The Semi and Roadster rows come from the call, and the Robotaxi rows come from tesla.com. The two unconfirmed rows carry the most speculation risk. Anyone quoting a Semi range, a Roadster 0-60 time or a launch month right now is working from outside the verified record. Treat those figures as rumor until Tesla posts them.