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Re:Tesla Roadster by BigCatStuff on Friday October 16, 2026 @12:46AM (#50114188)
The demo car they showed most likely has no batteries or even a metal frame. They basically built a car shaped drone powered by compressed air.

Example RC toy car that drives on the ceiling: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uR_mNcRlNsA

Re:Tesla Roadster by rlander on Friday October 16, 2026 @02:08PM (#50122070)
Re:Tesla Roadster by lucideer on Friday October 16, 2026 @05:52PM (#50125237)
He says in that video that they opened up the doors to show them that model, so it's unclear it's the same one "driven" for the demo.

Even if it is, they show interior, wheels & a distance shot of the rear opening showing a large air tank - very little can be seen of the actual chassis or engine.

Whatever tricks were done for the demo - whether the car is real or fake - it's highly unlikely what was shown today will ever be like-for-like accessible to consumers in the production model.