Elon Musk Announces New Tesla Roadster to Debut at End of Year, Promises Unmatched Performance

Elon Musk, the head of the electric car manufacturer Tesla, has announced that the new generation Tesla Roadster will be presented at the end of this year, in addition, he has made several other very loud statements, but about everything in turn.

The fact that a new Tesla Roadster is planned was announced at the end of 2017. Fast forward six and a half years – there is still no smell from the car. In the case of Tesla, of course, this is quite common. Now Musk has stated on his own social communication platform X that the serial design of the car has been completed, but the first deliveries are planned already next year.

He distinguished himself with other statements – “there will never be another car like the Roadster, if you can even call it a car,” writes Musk. And that’s not all – he writes that the car can run up to 100 km/h in less than a second. It’s hard to imagine how to practically achieve this in order to transfer the car’s power to the road and avoid the terrible spinning out, we are still talking about a serial street car and not a specially built drag racing monster. Even with that issue resolved, there’s still a story to be told about the driver’s ability to gather and control it all and not throw up under acceleration.

Here, it is better to remind that Musk’s statements should be taken with great skepticism – he is a master at promoting hype around Tesla products, but let’s wait to see how it all looks in nature, on a real road with real people at the wheel.

When this new version of the Roadster was originally announced, Tesla promised 0-100km/h acceleration in 1.9 seconds, 0-160km/h in 4.2 seconds, and a quarter-mile (400 meter) drag race time of 8.8 seconds. Also, the promised maximum speed exceeds 400 km/h, and 1000 kilometers are promised with one charge. These are the promised parameters six years ago, let’s see what the practical performance will bring.

2024-02-29 10:30:00
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