judging by the shadows i would guess maybe 6in of clearance between the bottom frame and the battery pack? It’s hard to tell because of the perspective of the shot and the perspective of the picture taken of the screen. Obviously there needs to be some open area for the fans, but idk why it would need a frame in it.
I would assume it’s not a real car. It’s wearing a car shell and has functional wheels. I think a proper ev weight about 2 tonnes or something like that. This one is probably just functional for display purposes only.
Yeah, they said it’s about 1.7 tonnes. They’ve also shown off the drivetrain, battery pack, etc in separate displays. Idk, I think it probably is pretty similar to what they plan on selling (to a limited number of selected people apparently)
I’m sure all versions of the car aren’t ready for real world use and manufacturing or else they would be selling it already
Edit: it doesn’t seem like Tesla R&D has done much else in the past 8 years lol. They have a ton of time, money, and manpower and it does not surprise me that they’re willing to spend it on cool but stupid stunts
Agreed. This is a stunt to get other wealthy people hyped up and buy one for their garage of cars which rarely gets opened. This car will never be road legal. It’s for collectors only. Same deal as his silly cyber truck, only this one can’t go on the roads
The plan is apparently to sell 4 versions going from none of the silly features to all of the silly features (basic -> suction -> forward thrust -> flying iirc) (with the flying configuration being restricted to invite-only). So the stunts with the flying version will probably drive the sales of the versions that will actually get sold in a meaningful quantity. Although from what I’ve heard it seems unlikely to me that any of the additional features will be allowed to be used on roads. (Apparently the gas gets really cold when fired due to the pressure dropping, to a possibly dangerous degree, and the wind will certainly be a problem for things behind it, as well as being extremely loud. The suction thing is probably going to also going to be quite loud and might have a risk of firing small rocks out the back at high speeds, it also requires a gasket that wears out over time so it can’t be used mindlessly)
It might be really good on tracks, since that was apparently a big focus for them (and a current sporty EV with fans for suction is very good on tracks). Then I guess people will want to buy it because of the sportiness for the same reason people normally buy whatever supercars
Tesla in general seems to have lost whatever lead they had in affordable EVs (especially outside of the US where Chinese EVs are allowed to be sold) so maybe they’re trying to shift their brand to more premium?
judging by the shadows i would guess maybe 6in of clearance between the bottom frame and the battery pack? It’s hard to tell because of the perspective of the shot and the perspective of the picture taken of the screen. Obviously there needs to be some open area for the fans, but idk why it would need a frame in it.
I would assume it’s not a real car. It’s wearing a car shell and has functional wheels. I think a proper ev weight about 2 tonnes or something like that. This one is probably just functional for display purposes only.
Yeah, they said it’s about 1.7 tonnes. They’ve also shown off the drivetrain, battery pack, etc in separate displays. Idk, I think it probably is pretty similar to what they plan on selling (to a limited number of selected people apparently)
I’m sure all versions of the car aren’t ready for real world use and manufacturing or else they would be selling it already
Edit: it doesn’t seem like Tesla R&D has done much else in the past 8 years lol. They have a ton of time, money, and manpower and it does not surprise me that they’re willing to spend it on cool but stupid stunts
Agreed. This is a stunt to get other wealthy people hyped up and buy one for their garage of cars which rarely gets opened. This car will never be road legal. It’s for collectors only. Same deal as his silly cyber truck, only this one can’t go on the roads
The plan is apparently to sell 4 versions going from none of the silly features to all of the silly features (basic -> suction -> forward thrust -> flying iirc) (with the flying configuration being restricted to invite-only). So the stunts with the flying version will probably drive the sales of the versions that will actually get sold in a meaningful quantity. Although from what I’ve heard it seems unlikely to me that any of the additional features will be allowed to be used on roads. (Apparently the gas gets really cold when fired due to the pressure dropping, to a possibly dangerous degree, and the wind will certainly be a problem for things behind it, as well as being extremely loud. The suction thing is probably going to also going to be quite loud and might have a risk of firing small rocks out the back at high speeds, it also requires a gasket that wears out over time so it can’t be used mindlessly)
It might be really good on tracks, since that was apparently a big focus for them (and a current sporty EV with fans for suction is very good on tracks). Then I guess people will want to buy it because of the sportiness for the same reason people normally buy whatever supercars
Tesla in general seems to have lost whatever lead they had in affordable EVs (especially outside of the US where Chinese EVs are allowed to be sold) so maybe they’re trying to shift their brand to more premium?