Ukrainians meme Tesla's flying Roadster as Dnipro marshrutka and drone weapon

Tesla unveiled a new "flying" Roadster model with rocket engines, sparking a wave of Ukrainian memes that joke about air defense, traffic jams, and military drone applications. The sports car performed a vertical takeoff and landing at a Texas test site. The car, featuring SpaceX rocket thrusters, can accelerate to 100 km/h in under one second and reach a top speed of about 370 km/h. Production is planned for 2028. Ukrainian social media users humorously imagined the vehicle being shot down by air defense or used as a marshrutka route across the Dnipro River. Other memes suggested using the car's rocket boosters on drones to attack Russian oil refineries, while some joked it could solve Kyiv's bridge-crossing problems. The jokes come amid ongoing Russian missile and drone attacks on the Ukrainian capital.