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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.
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 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 ...
SpaceX option package for new Tesla Roadster will include ~10 small rocket thrusters arranged seamlessly around car. These rocket engines dramatically improve acceleration, top speed, braking ...
Nearly 7 years after unveiling the new Roadster, Elon Musk said Tesla is "actually finally ... 9 seconds with a top speed of over 250 miles per hour. ... is to combine SpaceX and Tesla technology ...
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]
Murdoch has since invested $50 million in SpaceX. However, in 2017, Tesla announced that it would launch a next-generation Roadster with a higher top speed and longer battery range than the ...
Elon Reeve Musk (/ ˈ iː l ɒ n m ʌ s k /; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman known for his key roles in the space company SpaceX and the automotive company Tesla, Inc. He is also known for his ownership of X Corp. (the company that operates the social media platform X, formerly Twitter), and his role in the founding of the Boring Company, xAI, Neuralink, and OpenAI.