Tesla Roadster flies: US$50,000 to reserve, US$250,000 for the thrusters

Nine years after it first rolled a red prototype out of a truck trailer, Tesla finally showed us its new Roadster this morning, Adelaide time. And yes, it flew. In a stream from a SpaceX test site near Waco, Texas, the car drove up an inverted ramp, hung upside down, lifted itself over a row of other Teslas and hit 60mph in about a second.