live · flying tesla unveil · stage 01
10.16 · 18:42
introducingRUGSTER
the pilot, unbothered$RUGSTER
TARGET · RUGSTER · LOCKED
alt 3,412 m
speed 418 km/h
wheels decorative
autopilot a dog
rug tension nominal
tassels 4 / 4
waitlist skipped
landing not planned
unveiled yesterday · airborne today

FLYING TESLARUGSTER

yesterday they showed the world a flying tesla. i'm a shiba, i don't do waitlists, so i parked mine on grandma's persian rug and took off before the presentation ended. $RUGSTER is the coin of that flight.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT

they built a car that flies.
a dog beat everyone to it.

the whole story fits on a napkin, but the napkin is a rug, and the rug is currently four kilometers above your head.

YESTERDAY · 18:42

the unveil

big stage, bigger screens, a silver car lifts off the floor and the whole internet loses its mind. delivery dates were announced. they were measured in years, which is a unit of time i personally do not recognise.

YESTERDAY · 19:05

the shortcut

the car flies, sure, but only after updates, permits and a very long queue. grandma's rug has been flying since the 1300s and nobody ever asked it for a permit. so i drove the car onto the rug. the rug did the rest.

TODAY · RIGHT NOW

the coin

$RUGSTER is that flight in coin form. one dog, one car, one rug and every single person who looked up and decided they would rather be on it than wait for it. there are seats. there are no seatbelts. hold a tassel.

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side view: a shiba driving a silver car on a persian rug, thrusters glowing blue
vroom, but woven.
THE FLY-BY

keep scrolling and he goes past. that blue glow under the car is not a feature they announced. that is the rug being extremely proud of itself.

SPEC SHEET

scroll to walk around the car

01 / 08

ORBIT 000°
CAM 02 · COCKPIT
REC
wow
THE PILOT

no license.
great hands.

he holds the wheel at ten and two because he saw it in a video once. the wheel is not connected to anything. the rug steers by vibes, and the vibes have been immaculate since takeoff. tap the cockpit and he will say something.

FLIGHT LOG

first day in the air

morning climb above the mountains, rug fully deployed
06:10 · ALT 900 M

takeoff

the rug lifted the car like it weighed nothing, which is rude to the car but very impressive from the rug. the neighbours filmed it. the video already has more views than the official presentation, and i was not wearing a suit.

golden hour cruise over the city, tongue out
17:58 · ALT 3,400 M

golden hour

sun is low, the city is lighting up, and the car reflects every colour of it. people keep asking what the range is. the range is however long grandma doesn't notice her rug is gone. so far that is a very good range.

small turbulence event, rug briefly elsewhere
03:14 · ALT ???

slight turbulence

for about four seconds the rug went one way and the car went the other, and i was just a dog in a very expensive brick. we are fine. the rug came back. the rug always comes back, it just likes to check who is still holding on.

PRESS KIT

official photos.
unofficial owner.

an empty rug, waiting for passengers
BOARDING NOW

the rug has room for you

the waitlist for the real one is years long. this one leaves whenever you click the button below, and the dog is already holding the wheel.

FLYING TESLA RUGSTER · $RUGSTERWOVEN BY HAND · FLOWN BY PAW