Elon Musk: “We're aiming for a demonstration at the end of this year…”

“So I think you posted a week or two ago about, and even Lars mentioned it about just the Roadster program and how it's still active. What can you tell us about its current development status? Well, We're aiming for a demonstration at the end of this year [for the Roadster]. I mean, the Roadster is not something that's going to meaningfully affect, say, the financials of the company because it's too small relative to other programs. So it is very cool.” (19:53–20:03)

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