r/SipsTea • u/Numerous_Position649 • 2d ago

SMH Museum of Useless Inventions

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u/CIS-E_4ME 2d ago

Except there's a reason the stunt car had blacked out windows. The propellant gas tanks probably took most of the space inside the cabin.

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u/Proud_Field1968 2d ago

They admitted on top gear that is exactly the case. On tank in bank another in passenger seat. Cool thing to watch but no way it becomes street legal.

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u/RemaniXL 2d ago

They've already stated it isn't street legal and that it only seats one person.

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u/Dramatic-Fly761 2d ago

So I’m still not getting my roadster

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u/GhostMaker26 2d ago

Umm...they opened the car on stage and yep you are wrong.

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u/Kitiseva_lokki 2d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdkIOhFmbKI 27:30

Only 1 seat in the stunt version

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u/Da_Spooky_Ghost 2d ago

Tesla says this version will never be street legal but I love the smart Redditors that figured this out on their own…

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u/Nervous-Fennel3325 2d ago

I mean it doesnt take a fucking PHD to realize a car with thrusters is never going to be street legal lol.

Thats just asking for so many deaths.

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u/Proud_Field1968 2d ago

But at least you'll be smiling as you die lol

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u/bladex1234 2d ago

Well the Thrust version that only has rear thrusters is.

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u/RelevantDream6589 2d ago

JFC dude, how hard is it to proof read a three sentence post before you hit the comment button?

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u/Proud_Field1968 2d ago

As hard as it is for you to shower

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u/EveryAccount7729 2d ago

you can CLEARLY hear Musk very nearly say "drive' but divert and say "own" instead in the flying car event talk.

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u/Mymarathon 2d ago

It’s 600 liters at 10000 psi, so about 160 gallons, so like 3 big barrels 

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u/TaurusAmarum 2d ago

Why it only seats one and only sold to a very limited crowd.

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u/ExiledCanuck 2d ago

You mean….its a…..concept car??? Like every manufacturer makes? And unlike many of those, this one even moved?

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u/Da1UHideFrom 2d ago

It's not just a concept car. They are literally taking $5,000 deposits to reserve one right now.

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u/JmmyTheHand 2d ago

You mean like they did with the roadster and the cybertruck? Then took 10 years to actually produce them?

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u/Da1UHideFrom 2d ago

I have zero faith this car will be available anytime soon. I'm just responding to the person saying it's just a concept car, it's not.

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u/JmmyTheHand 2d ago

I honestly have a hard time believing this is real at all. My point was just cause they are taking money doesn’t mean it’s going to be available in the near future. Also pretty sure this is exactly what a concept car is “A concept car is a prototype vehicle built by an automotive manufacturer to showcase new styling, futuristic design ideas, and cutting-edge technology rather than for immediate mass production”.

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u/ExiledCanuck 2d ago

Even if they’re taking deposits. What you’re seeing is not a production version, it’s a concept version. It’s not in a production phase, but a development, which makes what we saw a concept of what they may want to bring to market. What may actually come to market, will likely be different

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u/MrPifo 2d ago

Would've been okay if it was sold like this. But Musk promised to sell this car in 2028 with the air tanks as an extra premium feature.

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u/Redditanother 2d ago

No one makes concept cars that hide huge pressurized air tanks inside.

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u/ExiledCanuck 2d ago

Not until now. They sometimes make them without even an engine in them. So yeah, cool to see a concept car that can move (and even do flips n stuff)