IntelliTechs ยท Oct 17, 2026
You cannot buy the Roadster today, and production is targeted for 2028. The thrusters are not approved for public roads, so the stunts you see in the video are track demos.
The demo took place at a SpaceX test site in McGregor, Texas. The Roadster did midair rotations, jumped over other cars and drove upside down on a ramp.
The car carries two high-pressure air tanks and ten nozzles around the body.
Tesla has outlined three configurations: Performance, Thrust and Rocket. The full thruster setup is on the Rocket.
Tesla has not announced a price. CleanTechnica puts it at $200,000 or more, but that is the author's guess, not a company number.
The 0.81-second time is Tesla's claim for the setup where the thrusters help on launch. Yanko Design notes that nobody has independently verified it as a production-car result.
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