After 9 Years of Delays, Finally Taking Flight? Tesla Teams Up with SpaceX, "Cold-Gas Thruster" Roadster Could Debut as Early as This Month

Tesla's new Roadster, delayed for nearly nine years, is planned to debut as early as this month at a SpaceX test site. The car features cold-gas thrusters and will perform a flight demonstration (unmanned, remote-controlled). The vehicle has undergone multiple design overhauls, with limited-edition pricing potentially reaching millions of dollars, but its commercial contribution is expected to be limited, serving mainly as a symbol of the Tesla-SpaceX integration. Due to repeated delivery delays, some reservation holders have canceled their orders, and the delivery timeline for the production version has yet to be announced.