Tesla’s Flying Roadster Prototype Won’t Reach Production Until 2028
Tesla’s Roadster prototype jumped and flipped using cold-gas thrusters developed with SpaceX engineers, but production remains years away, with a launch not expected until 2028. On Bloomberg Tech, Ed Ludlow described the demonstration and said Elon Musk brought audience members forward to show it was real, not AI-generated; Bloomberg columnist Max Chafkin argued the spectacle was also a pitch for Tesla stock and, potentially, a merger with SpaceX.
Bloomberg Technology·Oct 21, 2026·3 min read