{"id":"1792879023106-tech-show_open","slug":"tesla-roadster-dragged-by-internet","title":"Tesla Roadster dragged by internet","summary":"The Anker 737 Power Bank has a 24,000mAh capacity with 140W max output and a smart digital display, and the Anker Prime Power Bank has a 27,650mAh capacity with 250W max output. Both support smart app control. This is a personal preference statement about Samsung over iPhone, not a checkable factual claim. This is a sarcastic opinion about Tesla's marketing surrounding its Roadster, not a factual claim. This is a subjective aesthetic opinion about the Tesla Roadster's design. This is a subjective reaction to the Tesla Roadster's appearance. 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This is a prediction that the Tesla Roadster will never launch, plus a link to a video — not a checkable factual claim in itself.\nSource: anker.com POST 2111700013822648790: NOCLAIM N/A POST bsky:at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3myllkcxft22n: NOCLAIM N/A POST bsky:at://did (https://x.com/samsino_/status/2112104389460578671)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"The Anker 737 Power Bank has a 24,000mAh capacity with 140W max output and a smart digital display, and the Anker Prime Power Bank has a 27,650mAh capacity with 250W max output. Both support smart app control. This is a personal preference statement about Samsung over iPhone, not a checkable factual claim. This is a sarcastic opinion about Tesla's marketing surrounding its Roadster, not a factual claim. This is a subjective aesthetic opinion about the Tesla Roadster's design. This is a subjective reaction to the Tesla Roadster's appearance. 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Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Matilda","text":"You're on Tech Tonight, and the new Tesla Roadster is getting absolutely dragged online. We'll get to that in a minute."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Dragged is putting it politely. One reviewer over on Bluesky said the thing is, and I quote, 'ass.'"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Strong critical vocabulary. But first, a genuinely interesting question that's blowing up on X."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Shalzzzz posted a poll asking which ecosystem gives the best user experience: Apple, Samsung, or Google."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"And look, I know these polls are engagement bait. But it got me thinking about the actual state of ecosystems in 2026."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Right, because five years ago the answer was obvious. Apple had the seamless thing locked down. Your phone talked to your watch talked to your laptop."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"And now? Samsung has the S Pen, the Galaxy Book laptops are actually good now, and the Buds are genuinely competitive with AirPods."},{"host":"Chris","text":"But the tablet situation is still a mess. The Galaxy Tab is fine, but Android tablets still don't have the app ecosystem that iPads do."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"That's fair. And Google's ecosystem is the wildcard. The Pixel phones are excellent, but Chromebooks are a mixed bag for actual work."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Here's my take: Apple still wins on polish, but the gap is way smaller than it used to be. Samsung wins on features per dollar."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"And Google wins on software intelligence. The Pixel's AI features are genuinely ahead of everyone else right now."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Speaking of hardware people are actually buying — Anker just posted about their power banks and I have to say, the specs are impressive."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"The Anker 737 has 24,000 milliamp hours with 140 watts of output. That's enough to charge a MacBook at full speed."},{"host":"Chris","text":"And the Prime model pushes 250 watts. That's wild for something you can fit in a backpack."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"The price in that post is in naira, so about 190,000. That's roughly 120 dollars US. Not bad for that much capacity."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Alright, now to the story everyone's actually talking about. Tesla finally showed off the new Roadster and the internet is not being kind."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"E.W. Niedermeyer over on Bluesky wrote: 'Tesla wants to put a reverse OceanGate sub disaster next to a select group of the richest idiots alive.'"},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's harsh. And honestly, the design criticism is landing harder than I expected."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Ian Boudreau, also on Bluesky, posted three separate times just to say the thing looks bad. He called it 'ass,' then said 'look at this thing,' then linked Marques Brownlee's video and said it's never coming out."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Three posts from one guy about how much he hates a car. That's commitment."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"But here's the thing — he's not wrong about the delays. This car was announced in 2017. Nine years ago."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Nine years. Ford went from zero to a Mustang Mach-E in four. Porsche built an entire EV platform in less time."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"And the design? I looked at the photos. It looks like a 2012 concept car that forgot to evolve."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Oh, come on. It's a sports car. Sports car design doesn't change that fast. The 911 has looked basically the same for sixty years."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"The 911 looks timeless. This thing looks like a knockoff of a Grand Theft Auto car that Rockstar didn't want to license."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's a stretch. And you know what? None of this matters if the performance numbers are real. The claimed figures are zero to sixty in under two seconds, and a 250 mile per hour top speed."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"If it's real. If it ships. Those are big ifs after nine years of vaporware."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Tesla has shipped every vehicle they've announced, eventually. The Semi took forever, the Cybertruck took forever, but they shipped."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"The Roadster was announced before the Semi. The Semi is on roads. Where's the Roadster?"},{"host":"Chris","text":"Okay, fair. The timeline has been embarrassing. But when it does come out, nobody's going to care about the internet's aesthetic hot takes."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"You don't think design matters for a car like this? Buyers at that level care deeply about how it looks."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Performance buyers care about numbers. And Tesla owns the numbers conversation."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"But they used to own the design conversation too. The original Model S looked like nothing else on the road. This looks like a generic supercar from a mobile game."},{"host":"Chris","text":"We are going to have to agree to disagree on this one."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"We'll see if it ever actually ships. Brownlee's video is worth watching if you want to judge the design yourself."},{"host":"Chris","text":"And coming up later, a story about a phone form factor that one guy on X thinks everyone is crazy for not making. It's actually an interesting idea."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Tech Tonight, back after this."}]}