Thanks to https://x.com/wholemars?s=11&t=Mj3Wz0ulX1Eu1u4P8DTbQg

Alot of people are scratching their heads about what market the Roadster 2 is for. The obvious one is ultra high end supercar/hypercar/halo car for the filthy rich. I have a theory for another one.

The collaboration between Tesla and SpaceX has been well advertised. Wow factor aside, there's not much practical use for air nozzles on cars. On Earth, at least. However they would be very useful on a lunar rover. The moon's weak gravity requires much less thrust to hover and even achieve low orbit. The Roadster (Rovester?) could launch astronauts to an orbiting command module which would take the astronauts back to Earth.

What's your wager that the Roadster 2 will be adapted for use as a lunar or Martian rover?

Edit: some replies assume using this exact Roadster design as a rover. Obviously it's not suitable as-is for that, but the platform could be adapted with larger wheels, higher ground clearance, and more interior space. Astronauts will need a way to leave the surface to return to Earth.

Edit 2: it may be more than just coincidence that they made a big deal about putting "Starman" into the Roadster 2. Might be a subtle hint of their plan to send it to space.

Words can't even describe how proud I am of Elon and the teams at SpaceX and Tesla. 😭

Not that I would ever own one, but it makes me sad either way. The previous conecpt design was easily one of the best looking sports cars out there. The sharp, yet elegantly curved headlights.

Compared to a bad lambo knock-off or whatever that's supposed to be on the left. I understand it's supposed to fit into the new "cyber" lineup, but I can't help it, it's just ugly.

The Tesla Roadster ⚡🏎️

A glimpse of the future of electric performance cars.

Would you choose a Tesla Roadster or a Ferrari? And why?

Legacy 2016 MS P100D HW3

I was actually so upset when I saw what Elon did to my dream car. Not that I'll ever be able to afford it anyway. But still.

apparently this guy was too important to wait in the left-turn lane like the rest of us …

I got tired of pulling the USB stick to save Sentry clips, so I built Glovebox: a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W that lives in the glovebox and acts as the car's dashcam drive.

The car records to it like a normal USB stick. When I pull into the garage, it notices my home network and copies the new Sentry events and saved clips to my NAS over Wi-Fi. A little web page shows everything, with all six cameras playing in sync.

A few things I cared about:

• Setup is flashing a card. Download the image, fill in your Wi-Fi and NAS in one file on the card, plug it in.
• It keeps the car awake until the copy finishes, over Bluetooth, with a key paired as "Charging Manager". I tested it: the car lets it wake up, and refuses unlock, remote start and the lights.
• It handles the new encrypted dashcam clips. If your car has "Encrypt Dashcam Recordings" on, it backs them up as they are and gets them ready for dashcam.tesla.com.
• Nothing goes to the cloud. Your footage goes from the car to your NAS, that's it.

It's free and open source: https://github.com/lubaxe/glovebox

After the Halloween update here in Los Angeles now the car plays an alert and shows speed camera along with an icon showing where it is. Any of you seen the same?

Had to be wild watching this in person.

Got the Premium AWD and can’t waaaaaaait to have a car that drives me around.

Sweet, now my legacy Model Y with FSD4 and a Ryzen chip has Unreal Engine 5 graphics.

Sadly, Intel models can’t handle it.

Did you all Ryzen legacy model owners get it?