Unverified Tesla Roadster rumor points to downforce and a one-second 0–60 mph sprint

With the Tesla Roadster reveal said to be about a week away, an unverified rumor relayed by someone who claimed to have sat next to a Tesla employee says the car’s jets are meant to generate downforce, not make it fly.

The same account predicts 0–60 mph in one second; the source cautioned that the person could have been joking.