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Elon Musk showed off the new Tesla Roadster prototype Thursday that can briefly launch itself into the air using rocket-inspired thrusters.

Tesla has unveiled a new generation of the Roadster that Elon Musk believes will be able to fly. The sports car has new features such as air jets that allow the car to perform brief mid-air maneuvers.

The vehicle would go into production in 2028, he said. Prices were not announced. Tesla's website notes that the planned flying model is not approved for public road use. Would-be buyers can place a reservation online, with a $5,000 deposit, ...

Musk acknowledged that safety wasn't necessarily the top priority when developing the Roadster's most extreme capabilities. He also expressed uncertainty about where those features would be legal to use. For now, Tesla has only demonstrated the airborne maneuvers under controlled conditions. Keep in mind that these acceleration figures are Tesla's projected specifications. They have yet to be independently confirmed on production vehicles. This is where potential buyers should pay close attention. When Tesla originally announced the second-generation Roadster in 2017, it discussed a starting price of approximately $200,000.

On Oct. 15, electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla and social media users posted videos purportedly showing the company's new "flying" car performing a number of mid-air stunts. The footage depicts a launch event for the automaker's long-awaited Roadster model.

Tesla announced three configurations ("Performance", "Thrust", and "Rocket"), the latter two using cold gas thrusters developed with SpaceX; Tesla engineers have also described a base version below the Performance model. In 2011, at the end of the production run of the original Tesla Roadster, Musk suggested that a new ...

While we're still in the dark about the new Roadster's performance figures, Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed that the new Roadster will be able to reach over 230 mph and be capable of "crushing every track record that has ever existed."

Musk said the next-generation Roadster would enter production in 2028. The price wasn't announced, and the company didn't disclose specifications about other performance-level variants of the new Roadster.