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Side view of a white Tesla Roadster on a display platform, a dark side skirt lowered below the door down to the floor

Patents · Roadster

Tesla's Roadster Suction Patent Uses Radar and GPS to Move Its Skirts

A 2025 Tesla patent maps the Roadster's fan and skirt suction system: four fans, two modes, and radar and GPS that move each skirt. No downforce figure.

Haye KestelooOct 194 min read

Roadster

Tesla Says Roadster Aero Nears F1 Levels. A Wing Patent Says 700 kg

Tesla's Roadster wing has road, high-downforce and low-drag positions. Tesla claims near-F1 downforce, and a Tesla patent for a matching wing says 700 kg.

Haye KestelooOct 16

Silver Lexus LFA Concept electric sports car seen from the front three-quarter angle on a wet floor under white light beams

Toyota

Toyota Patented Sequential Shifting for EVs Without a Real Gearbox

Toyota's US patent 12,679,217 cuts and restores motor torque to fake a sequential gearbox shift in an EV, no clutch pedal needed. The LFA could use it.

Damien KestelooOct 14

Patent

Tesla's New Patent Could Keep You Cool in a Heatwave Without Losing the Glass Roof

A newly published Tesla patent describes a perforated double-layer glass roof that pipes conditioned air directly through tiny holes in the ceiling, cutting cabin heat and road noise at once.

Haye KestelooJul 10

Patents

Tesla's Roadster Suction Patent Uses Radar and GPS to Move Its Skirts

Tesla Says Roadster Aero Nears F1 Levels. A Wing Patent Says 700 kg

Toyota Patented Sequential Shifting for EVs Without a Real Gearbox

Tesla's New Patent Could Keep You Cool in a Heatwave Without Losing the Glass Roof

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