Most of this post checks out against coverage of the October 15, 2026 Roadster reveal, with a few details worth sorting out.
The basic physics is right. Cold-gas thrusters burn nothing: stored gas leaves a nozzle and pushes the other way. Falcon 9 boosters do use cold-gas thrusters to reorient themselves after stage separation, and those are nitrogen, as the post says. The Roadster's are fed by plain compressed air, per Lars Moravy.
The trim split is also right. Tesla lists the Thrust trim with rear-mounted thrusters (it is the 0-60 mph sub-one-second car) and the Rocket trim with thrusters around the body. The Performance trim has none. The '10 thrusters, 600 litres' figure was Moravy's description of the system, and TechCrunch and others attach it to the Rocket setup, so the post's wording blurs which trim has which count.
Two things are still unclear. One report says the Thrust car carries a 200-litre nitrogen tank, which conflicts with the air figure, and Tesla hasn't published a tank pressure. Also, Electrek's frame-by-frame analysis questioned how much the thrusters contribute to the demo, and production is planned for 2028, so the specs may change.
If you want to dig in, the TechCrunch and Electrek write-ups are good starting points. Has anyone seen the thruster layout on the Rocket in person or in the video?
🕒 As of October 2026
