"Tesla is teasing a product reveal for October 7th. The teaser video includes what appears to be a spinning fan blade, hinting at a patent it filed earlier this year. This could be Tesla's "epic demo" of the Roadster's new features. Tesla dropped a series of Teasers over the weekend, hinting at the release of at least one new product (presumably the low-cost Model Y) on Tuesday."
"I know this might seem absurd, but stay with me for a second. Earlier this year, Tesla filed a patent that would drastically improve downforce on a car using a tightly-guarded industry trick typically reserved for track weapons like the Chaparral 2J, Brabham BT46, GMA T.50 and McMurtry Speirling. All of these cars work like vacuum cleaners, using fans to glue the cars to the pavement by literally sucking the air out from underneath of them."
"Remember also that when the Roadster was revealed way back in 2017, Tesla made some promises that seemed out of this world: a 1.9-second zero-to-60 time, a 250-mph top speed and a range of 620 miles. That car was supposed to launch by 2020, but it never did. All the while, the hype kept flowing. Musk eventually upped the ante by saying that the Roadster would deliver a zero-to-60-mph sprint in under a second and described from SpaceX thrusters to achieve unparallele"
Tesla scheduled a product reveal for October 7 that features a teaser video showing a spinning fan blade. The fan clip aligns with a patent filed earlier for a fan-based downforce system combined with active aero and deployable skirts to seal the underbody and generate high downforce. The patent echoes historic fan-powered race cars that used vacuum effect to glue cars to pavement. The teasers also hinted at a new affordable Model Y, but the fan appears more consistent with high-performance Roadster features. The Roadster was previously advertised with extraordinary specs and has been repeatedly delayed amid escalating performance claims.
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