The new Tesla Roadster literally sucks itself to the road.
Tesla says fans underneath the car pulls air out from beneath it, creating a low-pressure area that holds it against the surface with the system generating up to 2 g’s of suction, enough to hold the car upside down.
That same system presses the tires harder against the road, giving them more grip for acceleration, braking, and cornering. Unlike conventional aero, which relies on speed to build downforce, the fans can create that extra grip even at low speeds.
Bro… that means cornering beyond 2 g’s… The Roadster can adjusts its aero as its speed changes, with a variable-pitch rear wing and both high-downforce and low-drag modes.
Elon described the feeling, “You can corner like it looks like you’re breaking physics bc the car sticks to the ground so hard… This car could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch.”
And this is just the system that keeps it ON the road. Add the SpaceX thrusters, and you start to understand why the 0–60 number was never going to tell the whole story.
Tesla and SpaceX are truly pushing what we thought a car could do…
Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister (Motorhead) no tenía una dieta: tenía un protocolo. Desde los 30 años, una botella de Jack Daniel's al día, Marlboro encendido tras Marlboro, y un desayuno que consistía en un cigarro y un Jack & Coke antes del mediodía.
Su rider de gira era una broma entre los promotores: una botella de Jack, un pack de Coca-Cola y poco más. No dormía en camas porque, decía, "las camas son para morirse": lo hacía en un sillón reclinable de su apartamento de West Hollywood, a dos calles del Rainbow Bar & Grill, donde pasaba las tardes apostado en su máquina tragaperras, en una mesa con un cartel permanente de "RESERVADO: LEMMY".
Los médicos llevaban décadas intentando salvarlo de sí mismo. Diabetes, arritmias, un desfibrilador implantado en el pecho en 2013. Cada revisión terminaba con la misma orden: dejar el alcohol y el tabaco...
Here’s the full Tesla Roadster unveiling event.
0:15 – Crazy Tesla + SpaceX collab preview 2:25 – Last manually driven Tesla car 2:53 – Taking it way past the limits 3:15 – Countdown & first flight works 5:38 – Flying cars are real 5:41 – Peter Thiel flying cars quote 6:02 – Fan suction system (up to 2G) 6:16 – Downforce & crushing track records 7:08 – Starman appearance 7:52 – Rocket thrusters & full gymnastics 8:52 – Kickflip demo (Tony Hawk approved) 9:32 – Real road car + rocket car future 9:56 – Air tanks, nozzles & specs 10:14 – Rechargeable ultra-high pressure air 10:36 – Car reveal & aerospace design 12:50 – Fan modes 13:37 – Variable pitch rear wing 13:50 – 0-60 goal under 1 second 14:21 – Acceleration demo 16:22 – 0.81s 0-60 achieved 16:26 – Production car will be even quicker 17:05 – World’s quickest production car 17:28 – Top speed & Snake River Canyon teaser 18:26 – Mach 0.5+ goal 18:52 – First best flying car + last best driver’s car 19:04 – Production starts 2028