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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.

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First look inside Tesla Roadster white prototype – glimpse at how big the backseat could be

Tesla brought its latest next-gen Roadster prototype to the Grand Basel car show this week and at the time, we reported that it looks like it’s only a design shell.

But now we got a closer look at the vehicle, which confirms that it is not a working prototype but a design prototype, and it gives us a better idea of the interior dimensions.
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Tesla Roadster is ’embarrassing’ us, says supercar maker Koenigsegg

Despite still being about two years away from production, the next-gen Tesla Roadster is seemingly already having an impact on the industry as a prototype.

Christian von Koenigsegg, the head of supercar maker Koenigsegg, says that the Roadster’s performance was “embarrassing” them and they had to up their game following the unveiling.
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Tesla’s next-gen Roadster prototype gets showcased in Jay Leno’s Garage: new pictures and video

If you are like me, you can’t wait to get a closer look at Tesla’s next-generation Roadster, but as we learned last week, it appears not to be a priority for Tesla as they focus on the base Model 3 and Model Y.

Nonetheless, the automaker still decided to showcase the prototype in an episode of Jay Leno’s Garage – giving us new pictures and videos of the upcoming electric supercar.
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Tesla’s new Roadster spaceship interior: ‘Production design will be better, especially in details’, Elon Musk says

Today, I went down the rabbit hole of staring at pictures of Tesla’s upcoming next-generation Roadster, which led to wondering how close the interior of the production will be to the concept that they unveiled.

Elon Musk said that the “production design will be better, especially in details”, but that’s just not their focus right now.
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