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by pbohun21 hours ago |
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upvoteby sschueller17 hours ago|
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Is that "flying" car a "real" car? As in full battery and standard weight or is it just a shell stripped down to the minimum to save weight.
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upvoteby johnnyApplePRNG15 hours ago|
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Looking at the promo video... This thing weights less than 500 pounds, guaranteed.

No to mention there was no actual driver in it.

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upvoteby redox994 hours ago|
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~1700KG with 600L of nitrogen gas at 10,000 PSI

If you do the math that gets you about 13 seconds of hovering.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22rvpUecLts

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upvoteby bamboozled8 hours ago|
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Apparently the thing used in the flying video was a "different car" to the actual car that drives.
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upvoteby whamlastxmas8 hours ago|
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According to who?
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upvoteby semanticc8 hours ago|
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It was a clearly different unit, look at the wheel caps.
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upvoteby semanticc2 hours ago|
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Actually, only the demo car up front and close had different wheel caps. The car that accelerated was similar looking than the one that flew.
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upvoteby 93po56 minutes ago|
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I'd repeat the question, according to who is this even likely a materially different car? Why does a wheel cap mean it's a different car? You could make this argument by pointing to literally any difference, like a sticker - it doesn't add an credibility to it.
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upvoteby whamlastxmas8 hours ago|
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Please show us the math on wheels and tires and battery and electric motor that would make a car go 0 to 60 in 0.8 seconds and weighs under 500 pounds.
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upvoteby lowbloodsugar6 hours ago|
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It only has to do it once. Ie it only needs 0.8 seconds of battery. If you think you are looking at a real production car I’ve got a 2017 Tesla roadster to sell you.
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upvoteby 93po1 hours ago|
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All 4 wheels and tires on modern teslas are a combined 200+ pounds. The roadster has massive tires and guaranteed they weigh more.

For current performance motors, they each weigh between 100 and 150 pounds. It's very likely the roadster ones will weigh more.

The "gearbox" equivalent is about 200 pounds on modern teslas, and again the roadster will need a beefier one.

So literally just the essentials of motors and wheels and "gearbox" is now at a bare minimum of 600+ pounds. This isn't including the actual frame and structure itself, the battery, the wiring and electronics, and literally the entire vacuum/cold gas system.

I would like anyone to comment how the demo unit could possibly be under 500 pounds "guaranteed".

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upvoteby cr125rider20 hours ago|
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Because it makes zero economic sense to make a car do that?
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upvoteby 10xDev14 hours ago|
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Remember when you were a child and your imagination wasn't killed yet by money and politics?
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upvoteby Kevin_Flynn9 hours ago|
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Absolutely.

If only I had been given fidicuary responsibility for millions of peoples life savings. Then I could build a car that has 0 chance of ever reaching production, just to impress my friends.

Imagination is powerful.

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upvoteby hellohello21 hours ago|
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Yes it is, and imagination is how we got to the moon, or got rockets that land, or why I can talk to my computer now.
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upvoteby simondotau17 hours ago|
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Most supercars and hypercars make zero economic sense.
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upvoteby guax3 hours ago|
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For the buyer, yes. But this one also makes zero sense to the maker.
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upvoteby swyx19 hours ago|
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you fail to understand the psychology of billionaires
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