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Tesla says the Roadster will accelerate to 60 mph in 1.9 seconds and to 100 mph in 4.2 seconds. It also says the triple-motor, all-wheel-drive car will complete a quarter-mile sprint in 8.8 ...
Elon Musk greets U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as he arrives to attend a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas.
Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is an electric sports car that served as the dummy payload for the February 2018 Falcon Heavy test flight and became an artificial satellite of the Sun. A mannequin in a spacesuit , dubbed "Starman", occupies the driver's seat.
The Roadster is the successor to Tesla's first production car, the 2008 Roadster. Originally set to ship in 2020, the release has been delayed multiple times. In early 2024, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the Roadster should unveil at the end of 2024, and ship in 2025, [5] but in October 2024, he said that the Roadster is further delayed. [6]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the SpaceX upgrade package the company will offer for the new Roadster will include around 10 small rocket thrusters that will improve the vehicle's acceleration, maximum ...
The Tesla Roadster is a battery electric sports car, that is based on the Lotus Elise chassis, and was produced by Tesla Motors (now Tesla, Inc.) from 2008 to 2012.The Roadster was the first highway legal, serial production, all-electric car to use lithium-ion battery cells, and the first production all-electric car to travel more than 244 miles (393 km) per charge. [7]
Elon Musk also hinted the car will get a SpaceX package with rockets, reposting that bold claim from 2018 on social media. It costs $50,000 to reserve a Roadster.
[169] [170] In February 2014 Tesla raised US$2 billion from bonds to build the first GigaFactory. [170] In August 2015, Tesla raised US$738 million in stock to build the Model X. [171] In May 2016, Tesla raised US$1.46 billion in stock to build the Model 3. [172] By 2016, Tesla had raised over US$4.5 billion since its IPO in 2010. [173]