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# Collin Rugg: clip of Tesla's live Roadster ramp stunt with Musk's Peter Thiel 'flying cars' line

Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg), X, 2026-10-16.
Source: https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/2110901393238474863

## Why it matters

The most-viewed clip of the Roadster unveiling (7.17M views on Oct 16): the car leaves an over-vertical ramp, rights itself on gas jets and lands; Musk: 'the future promised us flying cars, but instead we got 140 characters. Well, not anymore.'

## Summary

Posted Oct 16, 2026, 01:11 UTC: "JUST IN: Elon Musk unveils the Tesla Roadster by launching it off a ramp before the car flipped in
midair and safely landed on the ground. The car is a collaboration between Tesla and SpaceX. One of the most insane things I've ever
seen." Attached: a 54-second clip of Tesla's live stream ("TESLA LIVE"). Checked via api.fxtwitter.com on Oct 16: 7,165,776 views,
~74.9k likes. The clip shows a half roll after leaving the ramp inverted, not a full flip (see the video file).

## Archived text

> JUST IN: Elon Musk unveils the Tesla Roadster by launching it off a ramp before the car flipped in midair and safely landed on the ground.
> 
> The car is a collaboration between Tesla and SpaceX.
> 
> One of the most insane things I've ever seen.

Archived 2026-10-16 via fxtwitter (unofficial).
Counts: 7,221,444 views, 75,371 likes, 9,211 reposts, 2,362 replies (at fetch time)
Media: https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2110901301412515840/vid/avc1/1920x1080/iydQx2reqGZLUxbl.mp4?tag=29

## Cited in

- 2026-10-15: [Tesla unveils the next-gen Roadster with SpaceX-derived cold-gas thrusters](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-15-tesla-roadster-unveil-thrusters-kickflip/)
- Video: [Roadster Event](https://postcutoff.com/v/tesla-roadster-event-livestream-2026-10-15/)

## People in this post

- [Elon Musk](https://postcutoff.com/person/elon-musk/), CEO, Tesla and SpaceX (including SpaceXAI / xAI)
- [Peter Thiel](https://postcutoff.com/person/peter-thiel/), Investor; co-founder and chairman of Palantir, co-founder of PayPal and Founders Fund