Flying Car? Elon Musk Says The New Tesla Roadster Just Might!

Earlier this week, Tesla CEO, responded to a Twitter follower who sent him a GIF of a flying car, stating “The new Roadster will actually do something like this”.  Tesla may just offer an option on the upcoming roadster sports car to allow drivers to utilize thrusters from SpaceX to float above the ground by swapping out the two rear seats.

Shortly after, he confirmed that he wasn’t indeed kidding in his reply.

I’m not. Will use SpaceX cold gas thruster system with ultra high pressure air in a composite over-wrapped pressure vessel in place of the 2 rear seats.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 9, 2019

But before all of the clamoring Tesla fans began to prep for a preorder, Musk noted that the feature may not be street legal.

I don’t think the law fully anticipated this situation. So probably yes for a while.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 9, 2019

Musks two companies, Tesla and SpaceX, have a history of sharing resources over the years, from employees to materials.  SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket recently accomplished quite a feat in February by launching Tesla’s original Roadster into orbit in last February.  So it will be interesting to see the future of the automobile industry with his ability to leverage SpaceX resources.