Musk talks flying Teslas on Joe Rogan’s present

Elon Musk informed Joe Rogan on his podcast he hopes to “earlier than the tip of the yr.” It was an fascinating announcement to make, as Rogan additionally requested Musk in regards to the long-delayed second-gen Tesla Roadster. Tesla unveiled a brand new Roadster in 2017 and had plans to start out deliveries in 2020, however manufacturing was delayed a number of instances.

Avoiding that dialog, the Tesla CEO out of the blue began speaking about wanting the automobile to fly. After imprecise solutions and musing, he ultimately stated: “My buddy Peter Thiel as soon as mirrored that the longer term was alleged to have flying automobiles, however we don’t have flying automobiles.”

He claimed the automobile Tesla is supposedly engaged on incorporates “loopy, loopy know-how.” Musk stated he wasn’t positive it’s technically a automobile however that “it seems like a automobile.”

Musk has been speaking about flying automobiles since 2014. Given his optimistic tackle growth timelines, that’s a great 10 years of speak up to now. Give it maybe one other 10?

— Mat Smith

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