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Second-Generation Tesla Roadster
- Base price $200,000 and Founder's Series (first 1,000) $250,000, with a $50,000 deposit[1]
- Production date slipped from 2020 to 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025[1]
- At the November 2025 shareholder meeting Musk said the unveil would be tentatively 1 April 2026 with production 12-18 months later, i.e. 2027 (Electrek reads that as likely 2028 availability)[1][2][3]
- The demo slipped again: The Information reported in June 2026 it was postponed to "August or later", and on 12 September 2026 Tesla teased a "Go for launch" event in Waco, Texas on 1 October[1][2]
Notable features
- The second-generation Tesla Roadster is a tri-motor, 200 kWh 2+2 with claimed 620-mile range and 0-60 mph in 1.9 seconds, unveiled 16 November 2017 for production originally in 2020; production has "yet to commence"[1]
- It is a 2+2 coupé with a removable glass roof, designed by Franz von Holzhausen as the successor to the 2008 Roadster and intended as a halo car for the company[1]
- Its three motors, one front and two rear, give all-wheel drive and torque vectoring; Tesla claims 10,000 N·m (7,400 lb·ft) at the wheels, a quarter mile in 8.88 seconds and a top speed above 250 mph, with steer-by-wire similar to the Cybertruck[1]
- The proposed "SpaceX option package" would add around ten cold gas thrusters fed by composite pressure vessels at 10,000 psi replacing the back seats, to improve cornering, acceleration, top speed and braking[1]
- Musk says Tesla is working with SpaceX so the car could reach 0-60 mph in under a second; a limited-edition SpaceX version and a scaled-down version are reportedly planned[1][2]
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- [1]40%en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Roadster_(second_generation)en.wikipedia.org· Posted Sep 11, 2026· Starts Jun 1, 2027 ✓· 50% of score
Date has moved, per en.wikipedia.org: "s, the release has been delayed multiple times. In November 2025, Tesla CEO Elon Mus…"
- [2]80%TSLA Stock On Track For Worst Week In A Year On Fresh Roadster Delay As Musk's April Promise Fadesfinance.yahoo.com· Published Jun 5, 2026· 34% of score
Yahoo Finance's headline, "TSLA Stock On Track For Worst Week In A Year On Fresh Roadster Delay," confirms the Roadster reveal was pushed again - to "August or later" - past Musk's earlier April 1 promise, corroborating the pin's "delayed" dateConfidence and its stored mid-2027 production estimate.
- [3]72%Tesla delays flying Roadster demo to April Fools Day, production to 2027/28electrek.co· Published Nov 6, 2025· 15% of score
Electrek confirms Musk announced the Roadster demo pushed to April 1, 2026, with production "probably about 12-18 months after that" (i.e., 2027-2028), directly supporting the pin's stored delayed date around June 2027.
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