Musk calls the Roadster demonstration the arrival of flying cars
Elon MuskTesla chief executive
Musk describes the Roadster demonstration as the arrival of flying cars.
“Turns out the future does have flying cars”
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Elon Musk calls Tesla's Roadster a flying car; Roger Connor questions sustained-flight claims before the demo
Elon Musk says Tesla's new Roadster brings flying cars into the present. In Tesla's demonstration, a Roadster with no one aboard made jumps of a few seconds. Smithsonian curator Roger Connor, speaking beforehand, distinguished short hops from sustained flight.
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Musk posted the claim alongside footage of the Roadster demonstration.
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Chris Isidore reports Connor's pre-event comments about sustained flight and the trade-offs between road vehicles and aircraft. His interview preceded the demonstration.
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After Tesla's livestream, Musk posted a video clip of the Roadster, with no one aboard, jumping over parked Tesla vehicles.
After the quotation
The post gives no flight range or duration. CNN reported that the demonstration did not include long-range flight.
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Reference point: Musk's description of the Roadster as a flying car. His post says the future does have flying cars and attaches footage of the Roadster's jump, which asserts that description. Closest competing label: Mixed or conditional; it loses because the post states no limit or condition.
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