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Buckle up! (media.piefed.zip)

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[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 139 points 4 days ago (3 children)

They demoed a car that was loaded with a shit load of compressed gas, then they had it do a kick flip over a line of cars and a semi truck. They also drove it up a massive inverted ramp and then had it flip over and land smoothly.

Looked cool as hell, but has absolutely no practical purpose other than allowing Nazi Musk to get headlines saying they have a flying car.

[–] obviouspornalt@fedinsfw.app 62 points 4 days ago (1 children)

it's not a flying car. it's a car that can fall with style.

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 days ago

Well he sure as hell does not have a friend in me...

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Supercars in general have no practical purpose, and people buy them. Being cool is the entire sales pitch.

[–] blackberry28@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah if you live in literally any country except Germany, lol. Autobahn goes brrrr.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 days ago

Eh, even then I think your typical German sedan would be better on the autobahn than a supercar.

[–] boboliosisjones@feddit.nu 1 points 3 days ago

More than the Tesla thing anyway, you can still pop down the shop in them.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Maybe this has been explained, but how was the car able to drive upside-down before the thrusters had been activated? It's not like it was going fast enough for its momentum to hold it there.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago

Someone did the math and it is possible if they hollowed out the car.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I saw something about suction using a vacuum on the bottom. Not sure how the hell that could hold up a heavy car.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Figures that elon fanbois would be all about suction.

[–] Anon7394@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

If you actually watch the demo they show the generated down force.