Elon Musk reiterates that the next generation of the Tesla Roadster “Forevercoming next” will arrive in 2025.
The prototype of the next-generation Tesla Roadster was first unveiled in 2017 and was scheduled to go into production in 2020, but has been delayed every year since.
It’s something of a running joke, and there are doubts about whether it will ever hit the market even though Tesla promised to supply dozens of new, loose Roadsters to Tesla homeowners who participated in its referral program a while back. years.
But earlier this year, CEO Elon Musk made occasional new comments about the next-generation Tesla Roadster, rekindling hopes that the vehicle will finally see the light of day.
Musk said Tesla would unveil a much-needed and updated edition of the next-generation Roadster later this year, as the yet-to-be-revealed vehicle design is already 7 years old, and said the vehicle would be coming. on the market in 2025.
When they first revealed the value, it was hard to swallow, but the car looked fantastic, the specs they quoted were fantastic, and they had a working “prototype” (haha!) and it looked like it would be shipping soon.
And here we are. They lost me. Too many years have passed and the electric sports cars from Porsche, Lotus and Caterham are getting closer and closer. And there have been too many hints that the new Roadster will be a heavy dragster rather than an agile sports car.
I love my roadster 2010. Es as an antique by today’s EV standards, but it’s still a lot of fun. If I could get a new battery and NACS compatibility, I’d stick with it. Otherwise, it looks like Caterham will be the closest thing to a modernized version.
During Tesla’s Q2 2024 monetary report, Musk again asked about the Tesla Roadster and the CEO shared this update on the prestige of the vehicle program:
“As for the Roadster, we did the maximum engineering. And I think we still have some innovations to make there, although we plan to be in production with the Roadster next year. It will be something special.
Production of the vehicle is still planned for next year, but it’s unclear when we’ll see the updated version.
Regardless, Musk also showed the postponement of Tesla’s Robotaxi event until October, adding that the delay will allow Tesla to “show other things. “
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