Tesla reveals SpaceX-powered Roadster that flies and falls with style

“Like, I could say I was just kidding,” he said at the time. Tesla wound up pushing the reveal again. It attempted to hold the event on October 1, but severe weather forced yet another delay.

These repeated delays caused a number of high-profile customers to speak out over the years, like YouTuber Marques Brownlee and OpenAI head Sam Altman.

“They really just got on stage and said this newly designed 4000+ pound car can do flips and go half the speed of sound (380+mph) and will ship in 2028,” Brownlee posted Thursday. “This is a prank, right?”