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The people falling for this are the same ones convinced reality TV stunts and arena gimmicks aren't stage-managed. The sheer amount of force needed to flip a vehicle in that manner is absurd. Firing gas jets is one thing, but to lift several tons off the ground, vertical thrust must exceed the vehicle's entire weight. Once airborne, you still need continuous, massive force to overcome rotational inertia. A car in free fall has nothing to push against, unlike a skateboarder who can kick off the pavement and shift their center of gravity to complete the rotation.
Look at why high-pressure alternative fuel systems struggle with widespread adoption. Storing inert gas at the 7,000 to 10,000 psi required for cold-gas thrusters turns an onboard vessel into a high-energy fragmentation bomb in a collision. Sticking rocket hardware into a commuter car is pure marketing fantasy. That design will never make it off a closed test track.
No insurer will underwrite a vehicle packing an explosive pressure hazard, especially when consumers cannot be trusted to perform the mandatory aerospace-level maintenance. Drivers barely check their tire pressure, let alone inspect high-pressure fittings and COPV tanks before a morning commute.
The claim that the vehicle can recharge its own tanks is equally absurd. The parasitic draw and thermal losses from running an onboard multi-stage compressor up to 10,000 psi completely demolish whatever efficiency the battery platform claims. You are lugging around hundreds of pounds of cooling equipment, pumps, and plumbing just to turn battery range into waste heat for a few seconds of novelty thrust. The energy needed to roll a vehicle forward 100 feet on rubber tires is a rounding error compared to the brute-force impulse required to blast that same multi-ton chassis off the pavement. Using pneumatic thrusters instead of tires throws mechanical leverage out the window for pure, inefficient energy waste.
TLDR: Truckzilla has a better chance of being street legal than this ever will.
2026-10-16 14:09:11