It was a drone in a car shell: critics dismantle Musk's flying-car demo
AIandDesign · x · 2026-10-18
A breakdown of Musk's flying-car demo argues the vehicle was never a car at all: an empty, stripped-out shell with no seats and full gas tanks, using at most 2 seconds of thrust—in essence, a drone wearing a car body. The quoter agrees it was a impressive-looking show rather than a technological leap, adding he'd buy a Porsche instead if he had the money.
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