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While the Roadster rode rough, the Straubel mule, with Mercedes’s finely tuned suspension and Tesla’s all but silent battery-powered motor, flew like a magic carpet ride.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
"There's a generational shift at play and it's like being transported back on a magic carpet."
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
"The way this thing moved was so graceful, I thought it looked like a living magic carpet," said Strickrott.
From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024
To a child, a box can be a doll’s house or a rocket ship, a camera obscura or a magic carpet sailing down the concrete slides in Golden Gate Park.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2023
Instead, I'd just imagine myself living in a moated sugar-cube castle, floating from room to room on a king-size magic carpet.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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