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Today’s Vergecast: Why Tesla needs its cars to fly.

The Verge •
October 22, 2026 • 08:40 PM
• By David Pierce
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Tesla recently showed off a new version of its Roadster. Well, a new version of its old version of the Roadster, anyway. But this one flies! The Verge’s Andy Hawkins joins the show to explain the last decade of the Roadster saga, make sense of the flying and kickflipping new vehicle, and cast out into the future of Tesla’s cars for humans. If there even is one. Watch | Listen | Get ad-free [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VVUXaeXY-E]

Today’s Vergecast: Why Tesla needs its cars to fly.

Tesla recently showed off a new version of its Roadster . Well, a new version of its old version of the Roadster, anyway. But this one flies ! The Verge ’s Andy Hawkins joins the show to explain the last decade of the Roadster saga, make sense of the flying and kickflipping new vehicle, and cast out into the future of Tesla’s cars for humans. If there even is one.

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