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Tesla unveils redesigned Roadster with brief airborne stunts

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

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0 89 179 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 16 Oct 06:12 UTC · Tesla unveils thruster-equipped Roadster, targets 2028 production 16 Oct 12:08 UTC · Tesla unveils thruster-equipped Roadster prototype, targets 2028 production 16 Oct 22:19 UTC · Tesla unveils thruster-equipped Roadster, targets 2028 production 17 Oct 06:08 UTC · Tesla unveils thruster-equipped Roadster, targets 2028 production 17 Oct 12:10 UTC · Tesla demonstrates thruster-equipped Roadster, targets 2028 production 17 Oct 18:10 UTC · Tesla demonstrates redesigned Roadster with compressed-air thrusters, targets 2028 production 18 Oct 00:09 UTC · Tesla Demonstrates Roadster Prototype With Brief Aerial Maneuvers 18 Oct 06:09 UTC · Tesla Demonstrates Thruster-Equipped Roadster, Targets 2028 Production 19 Oct 00:08 UTC · Tesla Demonstrates Thruster-Equipped Roadster, Targets 2028 Production 19 Oct 18:10 UTC · Tesla demonstrates thruster-equipped Roadster, targets 2028 production 20 Oct 18:12 UTC · Tesla Unveils Redesigned Roadster With Fan-Generated Downforce 21 Oct 00:11 UTC · Tesla Unveils Redesigned Roadster, Targets 2028 Production 21 Oct 18:21 UTC · Tesla Roadster demonstration draws praise, scrutiny and regulatory questions 22 Oct 00:17 UTC · Tesla’s airborne Roadster demonstration draws praise, skepticism and regulatory questions 22 Oct 12:22 UTC · Tesla unveils redesigned Roadster with brief airborne stunts

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 13 HEADLINES

  1. 16 Oct, 06:12 UTC

    Tesla unveils thruster-equipped Roadster, targets 2028 production

  2. 16 Oct, 12:08 UTC

    Tesla unveils thruster-equipped Roadster prototype, targets 2028 production

  3. 16 Oct, 22:19 UTC

    Tesla unveils thruster-equipped Roadster, targets 2028 production

  4. 17 Oct, 12:10 UTC

    Tesla demonstrates thruster-equipped Roadster, targets 2028 production

  5. 17 Oct, 18:10 UTC

    Tesla demonstrates redesigned Roadster with compressed-air thrusters, targets 2028 production

  6. 18 Oct, 00:09 UTC

    Tesla Demonstrates Roadster Prototype With Brief Aerial Maneuvers

  7. 18 Oct, 06:09 UTC

    Tesla Demonstrates Thruster-Equipped Roadster, Targets 2028 Production

  8. 19 Oct, 18:10 UTC

    Tesla demonstrates thruster-equipped Roadster, targets 2028 production

  9. 20 Oct, 18:12 UTC

    Tesla Unveils Redesigned Roadster With Fan-Generated Downforce

  10. 21 Oct, 00:11 UTC

    Tesla Unveils Redesigned Roadster, Targets 2028 Production

  11. 21 Oct, 18:21 UTC

    Tesla Roadster demonstration draws praise, scrutiny and regulatory questions

  12. 22 Oct, 00:17 UTC

    Tesla’s airborne Roadster demonstration draws praise, skepticism and regulatory questions

  13. 22 Oct, 12:22 UTC

    Tesla unveils redesigned Roadster with brief airborne stunts

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Elon Musk · 20 outlets
  • Tesla Roadster · 11 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Ron DeSantis · from 19 Oct 16:08, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • miles hour: 60 (4 from 16 Oct 01:17) → 230 (2 from 16 Oct 01:17)
  • due within: $45,000 (2 from 16 Oct 01:22) → $245,000 (1 from 16 Oct 16:30)
  • year year: 110% (1 from 21 Oct 20:22) → 39% (1 from 21 Oct 20:22) → 56% (1 from 21 Oct 20:22)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.