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Roadster Adds Airspace to the Parking Discussion
· New York time
Tesla demonstrated a thruster-equipped Roadster in Texas by sending it over a lineup that included a Cybercab, Cybertruck, Semi, Model Y and Model 3. The demonstration gave the company’s vehicle range an unusual additional job: serving as the scenery beneath another vehicle. The spectacle offers little resemblance to an ordinary transport task. Most driving requires remaining on the surface, observing lane markings and reaching a destination without introducing questions about landing arrangements. The demonstration instead made departure from the road the central attraction. As theater, the premise is wonderfully direct: if the product lineup is already assembled, why not make it an obstacle? Ordinary motorists usually settle for walking around a parked vehicle. Tesla treated the vertical dimension as an underused feature of the showroom, where even the inventory can become supporting cast.
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