Dreame beats Tesla Roadster 2 to the SpaceX thruster hypercar unveil with 0.99s acceleration

Storied robot vacuum company Dreame showed up in San Francisco with an electric supercar strapped to solid rocket boosters that aid in achieving insane sub-second acceleration from 0 to 62 mph.

The timing of Dreame's Nebula Next 01 Jet Edition concept unveiling is not coincidental, as Tesla is expected to soon demo the Roadster 2 that doesn't just borrow from aerospace engineering but puts it directly on wheels.

Elon Musk has inferred for a long time that the Tesla Roadster 2 would use SpaceX technology to "fly," hinting at some sort of thruster package to hit the same sub-one-second 0–60 mph sprint. Dreame, bent on creating noise around its newly minted EV ambitions, has decided to beat Tesla to the rocket punch.

The Nebula's dual solid rocket boosters generate a maximum thrust of 100 kilonewtons with a 150-millisecond response time. These are figures that belong on a launchpad, and Dreame isn't shy to advertise this in the Nebula Jet Edition ads. The 0–100 km/h (0-62 mph) time of 0.99 seconds is said to exceed the physical grip limits of current tires.

While the Roadster 2 is expected to sport some sort of a fan system to apply downforce so that the car doesn't fly out while accelerating, similar to the Brabham BT46 "fan car" that was banned from Formula 1 races for unfair advantage, Dreame doesn't specify how it keeps its hypercar glued to the track.

The Nebula Next 01 Jet Edition is actually an upgraded evolution of the original 1,876-horsepower electric supercar concept that debuted at CES earlier this year. Dreame originally positioned it against the likes of the Bugatti Veyron, but it is now swinging directly at Musk's mythical hypercar that Tesla's CEO says may be its last manually driven vehicle before autonomy takes over.

The tech showcase didn't stop at thrust, too, as Dreame's ambitions in the EV business are widening. It unveiled a sulfide solid-state battery with energy density exceeding 450 Wh/kg, claiming the 60 Ah cell has entered mass production preparation after passing nail penetration and crush safety tests.

Production of the Nebula Next 01 Jet Edition is scheduled for 2027, and Dreame is planning a manufacturing plant planned near Berlin, where Tesla also has a Gigafactory. Whether rocket boosters make it into the production spec remains an open question, but the eventual parallel with Tesla's Roadster 2 is impossible to ignore.