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- Tesla unveiled the second-generation Roadster at SpaceX’s McGregor, Texas test site, demonstrating an inverted-ramp run and upside-down suction-fan hold.
- The Rocket trim lifted off using ten cold-gas thrusters powered by 600 L of compressed air, achieving 0.81-second acceleration.
- Elon Musk set 2028 as the Roadster production target.
- A senior U.S. Department of Transportation official said no agency currently oversees the flying-car concept.