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Tesla Patents "Electric Fan Car" Weeks Before Roadster Reveal
The United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded Tesla an "Electric Fan Car" patent less than three weeks before the Tesla Roadster 2.0 reveal.
The USPTO filing illustrates four electric ducted fans positioned side by side in the rear diffuser and states that the system is designed to "increase downforce and reduce drag."
"The achievable speed around corners, and stability during braking, of a road vehicle can often be limited by a measure of downforce, or vertical downward force, available on the vehicle. Downforce can help improve grip around corners and stability during braking. Therefore, a vehicle can achieve increased speed through corners and better stability during deceleration with an improved means of creating downforce," the filing continued.
The filing also describes the new system as driver-activated or, in some configurations, automatically controlled.
Last month, a report said the redesigned Roadster would have limited "flying" capabilities.
EV blog Electrek pointed out, "Somebody at Tesla was clearly working on a track-focused Model S in 2023. That car is dead, and the idea has nowhere to go but the Roadster. Between this, last year's skirt
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5 Takeaways From The New US-China Tariff-Relief Product Lists
Authored by Arthur Zhang via The Epoch Times,
The United States and China have released product lists covering about $30 billion in imports in each direction that could receive lower tariffs under an agreement reached after Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to Washington.
The lists cover 77 categories of Chinese goods entering the United States and 1,619 categories of U.S. goods entering China.
Here are five takeaways from the agreement.
Limited Category of Trade CoveredThe arrangement covers goods the two countries have designated as "non-sensitive," totaling about $60 billion in two-way trade based on 2024 values.
The U.S. list includes toys, fireworks, blankets, tableware, artificial flowers, child safety seats, and holiday decorations. China's list includes agricultural products, seafood, timber, personal-care products, medical equipment, and coal.
Products outside the two approved lists are not covered by this tariff-reduction arrangement.
A Work in ProgressPublication of the lists does not itself lower tariffs.
The two sides have approved the product lists, but future tariff reductions must still go through each country's domestic legal procedures.
China's Commerce Ministry said on Sept. 28 that the two governments would implement the reductions simultaneously after completing those procedures.
No effective date has been announced.
US Commercial Soybeans ExcludedChina's list includes a wide range of U.S. agricultural products, including wheat, corn, sorghum, meat, seafood, and dairy products.
Ordinary commercial soybeans are not on the list.
It does include soybeans specifically for cultivation, as well as soybean oil, soybean meal, and some other soybean-derived products.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sept. 23 that Beijing had met its soybean-purchase commitment for this year but was behind schedule on purchases of other U.S. agricultural products.
'Most-Favored-Nation' Rate for Most Covered GoodsChina's Commerce Ministry said more than 90 percent of the products covered by the arrangement would have the additional tariffs imposed by the two sides removed.
Those goods would instead face each country's standard tariff rate, known in international trade as the "most-favored-nation" rate.
Trade Truce Extended by 2 MonthsThe product-list arrangement does not settle the broader U.S.-China trade dispute.
The two countries separately extended their existing trade truce by two months, moving its expiration from Nov. 10 to Jan. 10.
Bessent said on Sept. 23 that he was unsure whether the two sides could reach a broader agreement. He said Chinese negotiators had proposed a larger deal and that Washington was open either to continuing the existing arrangement or examining a broader one.
Tyler Durden Tue, 09/29/2026 - 13:20