According to CnEVPost and a translation of MyDrivers.com, the Tesla was traveling over 62 miles per hour when it left the ground, and traveled more than 65 feet before touching down. No one was seriously injured, but the car’s occupants left their landing zone in an ambulance.

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Few consumer vehicles are actually built to withstand the force of a jump, and the Tesla appears no different. The front end is destroyed, with at least one headlight neatly missing, and the entire side of the car appears to have collapsed. The rear bumper, similarly, is in pieces, and the trunk appears to have opened during the landing.

While flying cars may be one of Silicon Valley’s favorite genres of vaporware, they certainly aren’t here yet. Most cars, trucks, and bomb-laden city busses piloted by Sandra Bullock require the help of a ramp to get any real hangtime. Still, it seems that some passenger vehicles really can carry enough momentum to clear obstacles — provided you don’t ask them to do it again.