Elon Musk reveals ‘world’s first flying car’ at Tesla event

The Tesla Roadster 2 drove up a curved ramp before using SpaceX rocket thrusters to fly, flip and land

Elon Musk has revealed Tesla’s latest model, which he claims will be the world’s first flying car, using technology from his aerospace company SpaceX to “basically fly like a rocket”.

The billionaire, who hosted a demonstration of the Tesla Roadster 2 at the SpaceX rocket development and testing facility in Texas, said the sports car could go from 0 to 60mph in a record time of less than a second and had thrusters.