Tesla unveils long-delayed Roadster, showing off its flying-car ambitions

What the coverage shows

All of the outlets frame the story around Tesla’s long-delayed Roadster reveal and its claimed flying or jumping capability, with TechCrunch, Wired, Al Jazeera, ABC News, CNN and Reuters all highlighting thrusters or air flight in their leads. Reuters is the only outlet to foreground the nearly nine-year delay and a 2028 production target, while CNBC alone emphasizes the missed delivery dates. BBC News is the only one to pose the question of whether it is really a flying car, and TechCrunch uniquely mentions the demo leap over other Tesla vehicles.

Written by Crossfiled from the 9 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.