On Oct. 15, industrialist and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk made a bold promise to a crowd at the SpaceX rocket development and testing facility in McGregor, Texas.
“What you see with your eyes you will not believe,” he said.
And Musk was right. I truly could not believe what I was watching: a group of people enthusiastically cheering as a morally corrupt loser unveiled an invention that helps absolutely no one.
Musk was introducing Tesla’s second-edition Roadster, which he claims will be the last manually drivable car the company ever builds. The Roadster, “an expertly crafted extra-terrestrial vehicle,” according to the Tesla website, was put on display with a flashy demonstration that was live-streamed for all to see.
In one of the hardest videos I’ve ever had the displeasure of watching, Musk claimed that this car was something “that you haven’t seen in any movie,” and is “better than any James Bond car.” What kind of car could possibly do all that? One that flies, of course.
During the demo, the Roadster, which was being remotely controlled, drove up a ramp that curled over so the vehicle was temporarily hanging upside down. The car then flew off the ramp and flipped 180 d...