Video: Tesla Model X doing a crazy jump

Los Angeles resident David Dobrik has put his Tesla Model X SUV to an unusual trial, making it speed up a steeply rising street, take off briefly and then plummet down.

Dobrik says he got the idea after seeing two bikers using a road as a launch pad, wondering whether his EV could do the same. He entrusted one of the stunt drivers with the seat behind the steering wheel, and the man executed the jump flawlessly, launching and landing the Tesla just fine, with no apparent damage to the suspension or the passengers.

Elon Musk’s reaction under the Twitter post with the video was laconic: Tesla CEO merely left an exclamation mark, perhaps in recognition that the stunt was seen and duly noted.

That said, we don’t think anyone can launch their EVs any higher than Musk himself did when he put his Tesla Roadster in a Falcon Heavy rocket and let it go into space. People have been speculating since whether he would repeat this with the new Cybertruck pickup. Musk replied that wasting another Falcon Heavy launch for this would be a bad idea, but he might as well put a truck inside his interplanetary ship called Starship, which should take off for the first time later this year.