{"id":252,"date":"2026-06-06T21:10:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T21:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=252"},"modified":"2026-06-06T21:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T21:10:19","slug":"supposedly-the-unveiling-of-a-hovering-tesla-has-not-been-canceled-just-postponed-until-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=252","title":{"rendered":"Supposedly, the Unveiling of a Hovering Tesla Has Not Been Canceled. Just Postponed Until August"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>For about nine years Elon Musk has claimed some variation on the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There\u2019s a flying and\/or hovering Tesla Roadster in the works.<\/li>\n<li>The flying and\/or hovering is part of a new system that primarily provides unprecedented acceleration.<\/li>\n<li>This system may also enhance sharp turns and braking.<\/li>\n<li>These abilities are enabled by SpaceX cold gas thrusters.<\/li>\n<li>Thruster-equipped Teslas will have special SpaceX air tanks in place of a backseat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here\u2019s Musk tweeting about it in 2018:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>SpaceX option package for new Tesla Roadster will include ~10 small rocket thrusters arranged seamlessly around car. These rocket engines dramatically improve acceleration, top speed, braking &amp; cornering. Maybe they will even allow a Tesla to fly \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=250\">Kalshi Asks Influencers to Take Down Sponsored Conspiracy Posts About the LA Election<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 9, 2018<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This all, of course, starts with the company bringing back the original Tesla model, the Roadster, a prototype of which was shown at an event in 2017\u2014though Musk\u2019s more confident claim that the Roadster would fly or hover would not come until two years later, in 2019. According to an X post last year, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman paid Tesla $45,000 to preorder one in 2018, then he tried to cancel the order last year, only to find that the email address Tesla had been using no longer existed.<\/p>\n<p>In October of last year, Elon Musk told Joe Rogan that a new Roadster model would soon be demoed, and that the demo would be \u201cunforgettable.\u201d In March he said this Roadster would be \u201cbanger next-level.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>New Roadster unveil hopefully next month. <\/p>\n<p>It will be a banger next-level. https:\/\/t.co\/sO0iB63l07<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 17, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But no April announcement seemed forthcoming, and at the end of April, Musk said on an earnings call that he hoped it would happen in about a month, meaning the end of May or the beginning of June. Now it\u2019s early June and there\u2019s no sign of the unveiling, but a new report in the Information finally has some detail. Sort of.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=248\">The Jeff Bezos-Backed EV Pickup Reportedly Has a Deal with Carvana Ahead of Sales Launch<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The detail, according to the Information, is that the new Roadster won\u2019t be unveiled until at least August. The demo, a joint effort between Tesla and SpaceX, is supposed to show off the aforementioned cold gas thrusters\u2014the ones that provide unprecedented acceleration, plus hovering and\/or flight, and it sounds as if Tesla is still hammering the kinks out.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Musk reportedly (per the Information) received his own demo of the thruster system in April\u2014meaning well after he confidently announced that the unveiling would be \u201cbanger next-level,\u201d and before it was repeatedly postponed.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=246\">Largest US Banks to Launch Tokenization Network to Fight Back Against Crypto, Stablecoin Startups<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk says a lot of things are coming soon. 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