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How Tesla's new Roadster actually flies
Short-form explainer
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Tesla showed a Roadster that flips, hovers and jumps a row of cars. This one-minute explainer breaks down the two systems behind it, fans that hold the car to the road and compressed-air thrusters borrowed from rockets, and how Tesla and SpaceX reuse each other's parts.