Tesla Uses Airborne Roadster Demo to Challenge Porsche After Mission S Reveal

On Thursday, Oct. 15, Porsche introduced Mission S as a vision model for a planned mid-engined sports-car platform above the 911. Later that day, Tesla used its Roadster demonstration in Texas to challenge the German automaker on performance. Porsche’s Mission S unveiling outlined its planned mid-engined platform above the 911. The next-generation Roadster made brief airborne maneuvers using a suction system and thrusters during the event in McGregor, Texas. Tesla’s official account later posted, “Porsche has to compete with this...” alongside a claimed 0-to-60-mph time of 0.81 seconds. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said, “We enter production in 2028. Actually.” He did not give a month or customer delivery date at the event.

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