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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.
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 ...
The Tesla Roadster is an upcoming battery electric four-seater sports car to be built by Tesla, Inc. The company said it will be capable of accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in 1.9 seconds, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] which would be quicker than any street legal production car to date at its announcement in November 2017. [ 4 ]
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.
The electric vehicle maker CEO urged patience, as Tesla focuses on both saving the world and building cars.
The total cost of the decade-long project to design, build, and deploy the constellation was estimated by SpaceX in 2020 to be $10 billion. [ 100 ] [ c ] During the Russian invasion of Ukraine , Musk provided free Starlink service to Ukraine , permitting Internet access and communication at a yearly cost to SpaceX of $400 million.
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.
Tesla began delivery of the Roadster, an electric sports car, in 2008. With sales of about 2,500 vehicles, it was the first mass production all-electric car to use lithium-ion battery cells. [80] Tesla began delivery of its four-door Model S sedan in 2012. [81] A crossover, the Model X was launched in 2015. [82]