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Elon’s flying car does it again — making the future cool and bright

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Post Editorial Board. (2026, October 17). Elon’s flying car does it again — making the future cool and bright. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/16/opinion/elons-flying-car-does-it-again-making-the-future-cool-and-bright/

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The article reports on Elon Musk demonstrating his Tesla Roadster flying car, which ascends a vertical track and launches into the air with jet propulsion before landing autonomously. It praises Musk for various technological achievements, including electric cars, SpaceX rockets, and Starlink satellites, while also highlighting his leadership roles in government efficiency initiatives and at Twitter. The piece celebrates Musk's vision as a catalyst for progress and innovation, despite acknowledging that he is a divisive figure among critics who view him negatively.

Written by AI on 2026-10-17, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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On October 15, 2026, Tesla unveiled its redesigned next-generation Roadster at SpaceX's testing facility in McGregor, Texas. The new model features rocket thrusters and can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in less than a second. During the demonstration, the two-seater vehicle drove upside down on a ramp using suction and then flipped mid-air before landing safely with its built-in thrusters. Although initially previewed nearly nine years ago, Tesla aims to start production by 2028. Despite its high cost of $200,000 per unit and reservations priced at $50,000, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has downplayed the car's financial impact on the company. However, analysts see it as a symbol showcasing Tesla’s advanced technology.

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Does it get any cooler than a flying car? asserted

it → get → car

Humanity owes tech titan Elon Musk its thanks for producing that marvel, demo’d Thursday, and for many other future-delivering achievements — and above all for making visionaries . . . great again. asserted

visionaries → owe → all

Breathtaking video shows the long-awaited Tesla Roadster zipping to the top of a vertically curved track, then launching into open air, rotating mid-air and landing itself on the ground using jet propulsion. asserted

Roadster → show → propulsion

Musk is an incredible driving force for progress. asserted

Musk → drive → progress

He turned electric cars from a sideshow into a broad commercial reality; he plays the role of both Wright Brothers in the private space industry. asserted

he → turn → industry

He developed and deployed Starlink, bringing robust, fast connection to the whole globe using low-earth-orbit satellites. asserted

He → develop → satellites

That’s the kind of dynamism that really does make this country great. asserted

country → ’ → dynamism

Fine; Musk, like many visionaries, is a divisive figure — progressives now portray him as a global supervillain, but then again hating success is what that movement’s now all about. asserted

movement → portray → what

Even his “failures” plant seeds: His time running the Department of Government Efficiency didn’t pan out as hoped — but did sheer the federal payroll with no evident loss of efficiency and laid the groundwork for Team Trump’s already-landmark War on Fraud. asserted

time → plant → Fraud

His takeover of Twitter, rescuing it from its Ministry of Truth madness, defied the critics to become a success that again drives much of the public conversation — with the worst haters self-exiled to the BlueSky misery factory. asserted

haters → rescue → factory

Time and again, he’s exemplified the credo you can just do stuff — and made it pay off, creating trillions in wealth. asserted

it → exemplify → wealth

Plus: Unlike other tech kings, he keeps producing physical wonders — flying cars, rockets that land back at their cradle —in-your-face stuff that makes the brightness of the future viscerally real in a way that no chatbot or online marvel ever will. asserted

chatbot → keep → way

Elon’s flying car does it again — making the future cool and bright

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