Tesla Is Following Through With the Roadster's SpaceX Pack: 0-60 in 1.1 Seconds

Yes, with the SpaceX rocket thruster option package. It will be safe, but very intense. Probably not wise for those with a medical condition – same as a hardcore roller coaster.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 20, 2021

The Roadster prototype is currently on display at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles. The plaque on the front of it makes its mind-boggling specs clear. It notes that, with the SpaceX package: "Demonstrating the versatility of electric power and adding extra distinction to the car’s already high performance, an announced SpaceX package would outfit the Roadster with cold air rocket thrusters positioned at the rear, allowing for a 0-to-60-mph (96 km/h) acceleration time of 1.1 seconds – largely unprecedented among modern road cars.'"

Still, that's not the most impressive statement Musk has made about the Roadster. He has also claimed that he wants the car to hover. Yes! hover as in mid-air! In an interview with Joe Rogan in February of 2021, Musk said:

“I want it to hover, and I was trying to figure out how to make this thing hover without, you know, killing people. Maybe it can hover like a meter above the ground or something like that. If you plummet it’ll blow out the suspension but you’re not gonna die. Maybe, I don’t know, six feet. If we put a height limit on it, it will probably be fine.”

In the meantime, the Roadster is perhaps most famous for having been sent into space by SpaceX with a human mannequin passenger onboard while blasting David Bowie tunes from the car's sound system. While the Roadster has been to space, we still have no definite news on when exactly it will be available for purchase on land. New targets state 2022 but that could be delayed as has been the case thus far.