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Tesla reveals SpaceX-powered Roadster that flies and falls with style
Publisher description: The new car used thrusters to leap over a Cybercab, Cybertruck, Tesla Semi, Model Y, and Model 3 at a demo in Texas.
TechCrunch | Oct 16, 2026 | Sean O'Kane
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Tesla held the event almost nine years to the day after the company first revealed the second-gen Roadster, a modernized take on its first-ever car. Tesla allowed customers to place $50,000 deposits to reserve the car. Later that year, Tesla suffered through what Musk eventually dubbed “production hell” with the Model 3 sedan.
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