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Ikea throws shade at Tesla with "safe and affordable" flying car

Ikea's tongue-in-cheek ad pitches a flying car as safe and affordable, taking a playful swipe at Tesla; the instructions are presumably in pictures.

On air: Hank Ledger on Weekend Edition
Published 3:09 PM ET, Saturday, October 17, 2026

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First reported by Creative Bloq: “Ikea throws shade at Tesla with "safe and affordable" flying car”.
Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 3:09 PM ET on Weekend Edition, by Hank Ledger.
Topics: Tesla.
BBN covered this story before: Tesla driver says he was asleep and using FSD in crash (October 16).

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Creative BloqIkea throws shade at Tesla with "safe and affordable" flying car

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIkea has put out a playful ad for a flying car it calls safe and affordable, and the jab at Tesla is getting attention online.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLola is standing by at a furniture showroom.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentHank, behind me there are a hundred flat boxes in the bedroom section, each one a small act of optimism.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI have crossed borders under fire, Hank, and I have never felt the dread of an arrow pointing at a diagram.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe car is safe, though.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThe ad says safe and affordable, and I believe it. It's the bag of spare screws I'd be handed at the gate.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI spoke with a shopper here who has built a wardrobe.
Darnell OkaforI built one wardrobe and it still leans. I'm not putting my family in a wing I assembled on a Saturday.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentAnd that wardrobe only had to stand still.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThe sky is fine, Hank. The enemy is a booklet with no words and a drawing of a man who looks calm.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the sky is fine and the leftover screw is the problem. Brock, how's the weather at step fourteen?

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