Tesla CEO Elon Musk claims {that a} demo of the long-anticipated new Roadster is coming — and within the subsequent couple of months.

Yesterday, host Joe Rogan requested Musk on his podcast (round 38 minutes into the over three-hour-long episode) whether or not the corporate remains to be doing the Roadster, which was first announced in 2017.

Musk mentioned sure. “We’re getting near demonstrating the prototype,” he mentioned. “I feel this will likely be…one factor I can assure is that this product demo will likely be unforgettable,” Musk mentioned. He repeated: “Unforgettable.”

Musk mentioned this a day after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X that he tried to cancel his 2018 Roadster reservation, solely to be met with a bounce-back e-mail.

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“I actually was excited for the automotive!” Altman mentioned in a follow-up put up. “And I perceive delays. However 7.5 years has felt like a very long time to attend.” (Musk and Altman started OpenAI collectively, however their relationship has since strained.)

After the 2017 announcement of the revamped Roadster, manufacturing was scheduled to start in 2020 and launch in 2021. Nonetheless, it was then delayed again, first to 2022 after which to 2023.

In February 2024, Musk posted to X that he aimed to ship the Roadster in 2025. One characteristic he teased was that the Roadster would have the ability to go from zero to 60mph in less than a second. He additionally said that, “I feel it has a shot at being essentially the most mind-blowing product demo of all time.”

Musk mentioned a lot of the identical concerning the demo throughout his look yesterday on The Joe Rogan Expertise — however with new, cryptic boasts about what the Roadster will have the ability to do.

“Whether or not it is good or unhealthy, it will be unforgettable,” he joked concerning the demo when Rogan requested what he meant.

Rogan requested whether or not Musk might say extra, and Musk replied with a quote from his “buddy” billionaire Peter Thiel, that the longer term was purported to have flying automobiles, however we do not have flying automobiles. He would not reply to Rogan’s direct query about whether or not the Roadster will have the ability to fly, simply that Thiel ought to have the ability to buy a flying automotive, and that we must see the demo.

“I can not do the unveil earlier than the unveil,” Musk mentioned. “I feel it has a shot at being essentially the most memorable product unveil ever.”

When Rogan requested when he plans on doing this, Musk mentioned, “Hopefully earlier than the tip of the 12 months.”

“We have to ensure that it really works. That is some loopy, loopy know-how.” He affirmed that that is completely different than what was beforehand introduced.

“Is it even a automotive?” Musk requested himself. “I am unsure. It appears like a automotive.” He then mentioned, “In case you took all of the James Bond automobiles and mixed them, it is crazier than that,” however did not elaborate.

The obscure statements additionally came to visit every week after Tesla launched its newest quarterly earnings, throughout which the EV company’s profits fell 37 percent.