The Tesla Roadster was the American automaker’s first vehicle program.
During its first production run between 2008 and 2012, it motivated automakers to launch several of their own electric vehicle program – virtually starting an electric vehicle revolution.
In 2017, Tesla unveiled a new generation of the electric sports car to enter production in 2020. Here are all the details.
A battery pack manufacturer has released a new solution for Tesla Roadster with aging battery packs. It would slash the car’s weight by about 400 lbs, but it’s not cheap.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk was asked about when the next-gen Roadster would be available during today’s earnings call, and his answer left much to be desired.
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Tesla held its quarterly report yesterday, and stated that six major products would be ready for action next year. This would suggest that Tesla has a truly historic year coming up for it, set to disrupt trucking, affordable EVs, sportscars, taxis, driving in general, and, oh, just all human work.
But we’ve heard all this before, and forgive us for saying that it seems slightly more likely that the boy is crying wolf.
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Elon Musk reiterates that the ‘forever coming next’ next-gen Tesla Roadster will go into production in 2025.
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You’ve perhaps heard of the original Tesla Roadster, the car that started Tesla and the EV revolution. Now, a Roadster you probably haven’t heard of is for sale – a one-of-a-kind prototype for a performance package that never saw the light of day.
Update: The car has now been listed for auction on Cars & Bids. The auction ends July 15th at 10:30AM PDT.
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Elon Musk is again claiming that Tesla’s always “coming next year” Roadster will be able to fly.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made new comments about the upcoming next-gen roadster and went as far as saying that it’s “not even really a car.”
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Elon Musk says that Tesla plans to unveil the new Roadster this year, and he is doubling down on the SpaceX collaboration to put cold air trustees on the electric supercar.
But the vehicle’s production is delayed one more time.
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Tesla has made its original Roadster design and engineering “fully open source” and released R&D documents accessible to everyone.
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In 2012, Rafael de Mestre did something nobody else ever had – he drove around the world in an electric car, an original Tesla Roadster. And now, he’s driving around the world solo again in that same Roadster as a promotional and scouting tour and to recruit other teams to join him for yet another circumnavigation in 2024.
We got a chance to talk to him about his story when he stopped by for a charge during his second solo circumnavigation.
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A trio of Tesla Roadsters that don’t even work by all evidence are about to sell for almost $1 million.
Is this a sign that this rare electric car is becoming a collector’s item?
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Elon Musk is hinting at the next-generation Tesla Roadster beating Rimac Nevara’s newly achieved performance records.
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Tesla is planning to finish the design and engineering of the next-generation Tesla Roadster by the end of this year and “hopefully” put the vehicle into production next year, according to CEO Elon Musk at Tesla’s shareholder meeting today.
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There’s an auction for the three brand-new Tesla Roadsters found sitting in a container for more than 10 years, and they might go for as much as $1 million.
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Three brand-new original Tesla Roadsters have been found sitting in a shipping container in China for over a decade; now they are going for sale.
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The next-generation Tesla Roadster is still nowhere to be seen six years after being unveiled. Here’s an argument as to why Tesla should bring the car to market.
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Tesla Roadster, credited by some for launching the EV revolution, is turning 15 years old today. While we celebrate the original Roadster, there’s still no sign of the new version that Tesla promised.
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After delaying virtually all new vehicle launches for the last few years, Elon Musk has now set a strong timeline for Tesla to bring Cybertruck, Roadster, and Tesla Semi to production in 2023.
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An original Tesla Roadster sold for over $250,000, in a new record, as Tesla’s very first car is gaining in value as a collector item.
That’s more than Tesla plans on selling the next-generation Roadster for.
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Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen gave a rare update on the often delayed Tesla Roadster. The designer says that Tesla is still “feverishly” working on the electric hypercar that will be an “exciting flying machine.”
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A new survey of searches shows that the Tesla Roadster and Cybertruck are the most popular upcoming electric vehicles despite the delays. You have to go down to fourth place for a vehicle available on the market this year.
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Tesla has removed pricing information for the new Roadster and stopped taking reservations for the $250,000 Founders Series version.
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This weekend, a Tesla Roadster will make the journey from Lands End to John O’ Groates, an 870-mile drive spanning the full length of the island of Great Britain. This drive has been done by EVs many times before, but in this case, it’s in a special vehicle: the very first car that ever did the drive, the same 2010 Tesla Roadster, still on its original battery, to make a point about EV battery longevity.
The drive also serves as a fundraiser for Zero Carbon World, a UK charity pushing for carbon reduction and EV adoption. Zero Carbon World is chaired by Formula E driver Alexander Sims, who has done a similar drive before in a Model 3. If you’d like to toss in some coins, you can donate to the cause through JustGiving (for £30 you can get your name on the car).
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Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla has delayed the new Roadster program to 2023, and even then, that’s only going to happen with a big “if.”
The new electric hypercar is now three years behind its original timeline.
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