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Tesla spots next-generation Roadster after almost a decade of delays
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Tesla showed off its long-delayed next-generation Roadster on Thursday, almost a decade after Elon Musk's company started taking deposits for the electric sports car.
Key facts
- Tesla's original Roadster, designed and engineered by a team led by founding CEO Martin Eberhard, was based on a Lotus Elise chassis and was first delivered in 2008, selling for roughly $100,000
- Lawrence O'Connor, founder and CEO of Other World Computing in Austin, Texas, told CNBC ahead of the event that he reserved a Founder's Edition of the new Roadster in November 2017, effectively
- The event was livestreamed from a SpaceX test site in McGregor, Texas, near Waco, starting at 7:55 p.m. local time, or 8:55 p.m
- Tesla started taking $50,000 deposits for the Roadster in 2017, but has since missed every targeted delivery date
Summary
The event was livestreamed from a SpaceX test site in McGregor, Texas, near Waco, starting at 7:55 p.m. local time, or 8:55 p.m. "You're going to see some crazy stuff tonight," Musk said. Tesla's original Roadster, designed and engineered by a team led by founding CEO Martin Eberhard, was based on a Lotus Elise chassis and was first delivered in 2008, selling for roughly $100,000 in small volumes until 2012. The next-generation Roadster is expected to be a high-end, low-volume model that relies on SpaceX technology, such as cold gas thrusters, to enable it to hover.