They claim it's 1000HP, which would be simple to measure on a pad. Also I guess they could say that the engine is ready and can deliver all that power, but the power cells were not at the time.
(Anyway, I'm not saying they are so honest, transparent, open as fuck, but this is like a trailer for a movie or game, it's a PR piece. It's less shady than the Tesla/SolarCity roof tile demo that Elon did. And I'm looking forward to the court case, because I have no time nor much context really for unwinding this, but I'm interested in what really constitutes fraud in these days when everything looks amazing, everything has a super emotional soundtrack, and of course everything is super over-hyped.)
(Anyway, I'm not saying they are so honest, transparent, open as fuck, but this is like a trailer for a movie or game, it's a PR piece. It's less shady than the Tesla/SolarCity roof tile demo that Elon did. And I'm looking forward to the court case, because I have no time nor much context really for unwinding this, but I'm interested in what really constitutes fraud in these days when everything looks amazing, everything has a super emotional soundtrack, and of course everything is super over-hyped.)