Tesla's new Roadster car can thrust itself in the air. But don't expect to drive it anytime soon

CHICAGO (AP) — Tesla has unveiled its new Roadster sports car, which can thrust itself up in the air. But drivers shouldn't expect to take it for a spin anytime soon.Elon Musk's electric car company this week debuted the latest bells and whistles of its second-generation Roadster — chief among them, as shown off at a Thursday event, are a set of cold gas thrusters and a “multi-mode” suction system that can fling the car in the air for short spurts and spin the vehicle mid-flight.“Turns out the future does have flying cars,” Musk, Tesla's CEO, wrote on his social media platform X shortly after.Thursday's event was hosted at the Texas rocket testing and development center for SpaceX — Musk's now publicly-traded rocket company — and Tesla's executives noted that they “borrowed” some SpaceX technology to get the new Roadster in the air. Beyond quick jumps and flips, Tesla also said the car can accelerate from zero to 60 miles (96.6 km) an hour in less than a second.This week's launch arriv