a car in space, high-speed hyperloops, humpteen rocket launches – as if there wasn’t enough keeping the buzz around tesla alive. the california-based automaker has released an action-packed video encapsulating the brand’s somewhat impressive innovations including a mystery car and new footage of the next-gen roadster in action.
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the video which seems to feature all of tesla‘s product lines as well as the company’s production facilities, is the work of the company’s nifty videographers who produce these blockbuster commercials. from its design studio in hawthorne the mystery car in question is ‘revealed’ (check around 16 seconds). is this the first look at a model Y, clever marketing or an old prototype? whatever it is it’s surely hidden for good reason. viewers will also see the next-gen roadster in action with a matte black model driving through an empty hangar. the final shots show test riders experiencing the model 3 in full performance mode, with one’s final words summing up the commercial: ‘holy…’
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Anything to distract the public from Tesla’s fiery death traps. And yet another “mystery vehicle” When their world is falling to pieces, Tesla and Elon Musk simply paint another glowing picture of a future that will never be.
‘Sure hope it does not look like an old Lotus …or a new Lotus for that matter.
Jim
You can never run such a company without presenting the next step as soon as the current one is on the market – this is not distraction but simple and plain standard marketing which everyone does. And still: en electric vehicle is a magnitude safer than any fuel propelled car, it’s not more a death trap than any other car but less. Why are people spreading fake words and uninformed postings?
And for the shape: aerodynamics and elegance seem all to lead in the same direction, but yes, they could define a more individual design that’s instantly recognisable.
Cool video 🙂
The article writer got it backwards – the car in matte black paint running in the empty warehouse is a Model 3 while the test rides at the end of the video is in the next-gen Roadster (hint: check the targa roof open)