Well, it worked · McGregor · 15 Oct 2026

the next flying Tesla Roadster

It drove the ramp upside down, kickflipped the lineup, and a thruster run was timed at 0.81 seconds to 60. Production is set for 2028. Actually. For real.

  • 0.81s to 60
  • 2G of suction
  • 10 thrusters
  • 2028, for real
A silver sports car inverted in the air above a row of parked cars on a night test pad, cold-gas vapor pouring from its thrusters.

The run

01

Upside down

A fan under the car held it to a curved ramp. Tesla said that suction can pull up to 2G.

02

The kickflip

It left the ground, rolled over the parked lineup, and came down in cold gas. Musk, after it landed: “Well, it worked.”

03

0.81

Rear thrusters lit for a straight run. The claimed time to 60 mph was 0.81 seconds. He called the fun meter 11 out of 10, and said this is not a safety-optimized car.

Same night, already a meme

The silver car flies just above an empty highway sign gantry.

Clearance

Overhead clearance was not briefed.

A traffic officer, seen from behind, looks up at the silver car in the night sky.

The stop

License and registration, then the sky.

A blank yellow diamond road sign stands in front of the silver car rolling through cold gas.

New sign

A new diamond sign for the kickflip.

The silver car arcs over a dark sedan that stays in the left lane.

Left lane

The left lane was going ten under, so the car left the lane.

A paper coffee cup hangs in the air inside the cockpit, a ribbon of coffee frozen beside it.

The coffee

The coffee did not consent to the flight.

Papers lift off a claims desk while the silver car hangs outside the office window.

The denial

The insurer just opened a new denial code.

Three ways to leave the ground

Road

Performance

Two seats. The one that still uses the road.

Race

Thrust

Two seats. The one that treats 60 like a suggestion.

Air · one seat

Rocket

Invite only. Ten cold-gas thrusters, and the passenger is the sky.

0 kickflips witnessed