Innovation or a high-stakes marketing flex? 🚀🏎️ Elon Musk just unveiled the long-awaited… — @whatstrending

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@whatstrending's TikTok video "Innovation or a high-stakes marketing flex? 🚀🏎️ Elon Musk just unveiled the long-awaited Tesla Roadster 2 at SpaceX’s testing facility in Texas. Controlled remotely, the prototype used suction to drive upside down on a curved ramp, fired cold-gas rocket thrusters to jump live over a fleet of Teslas, and claimed 0–60 mph in under a second. Elon posted: "Turns out the future does have flying cars." While pro-Tesla fans called it proof that flying cars are finally here, critics argue that a thruster-powered leap on a closed track isn't true aviation. Meanwhile, Chinese competitors are running a completely different playbook. Companies like XPeng have logged over 7,000 pre-orders for their modular eVTOL flying carriers with mass 2027 deliveries planned, while BYD has already demonstrated active-suspension obstacle jumps. With the Roadster 2 starting over $200k, targeting 2028 production, and explicitly banned from flying on public roads, is Elon’s rocket jump revolutionary tech, or a hype-building distraction? Drop your hot take below! 👇 . . . #Tesla #ElonMusk #FlyingCar #Roadster2 #WhatsTrending #TechNews #CreatorCulture" has 6,588 views, 55 likes, 4 comments, 11 shares in the public metrics captured by this index. That is an engagement rate of 1.06% (likes, comments and shares over views). It was posted 13 days ago and runs 1 minute 25 seconds. It has been saved 3 times.

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It was posted on 2026-10-16, 13 days ago.

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