AI illustration: Roadster SpaceX package with thrusters
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Roadster SpaceX package with thrusters

“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 & cornering. Maybe they will even allow a Tesla to fly …”

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Jul 22, 2020
The promise: “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 & cornering. Maybe they will even allow a Tesla to fly …” · Musk tweet, Jun 9 2018 (original SpaceX-package claim) ↗
Today · Jun 12, 2026
Status: Pending · 567 days left. Still waiting.

Musk tweeted in June 2018 that a SpaceX option package for the new Roadster would include about 10 small rocket thrusters arranged around the car, claiming dramatic improvements to acceleration, top speed, braking and cornering — and that they might 'even allow a Tesla to fly.' The package is tracked against a 2027 deadline and remains pending.

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