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 since been delayed every year.
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, reigniting hopes that the vehicle will finally see the light of day.
Musk said Tesla would unveil a much-needed updated edition of the next-generation Roadster, as the yet-to-be-revealed design of the vehicle is already 7 years old, later this year, and said the vehicle would hit the market in 2025.
When he first revealed the value, it was hard to accept, but the car looked fantastic, the specs they cited were fantastic, and they had a working “prototype” (haha!) and it looked like it would ship soon.
And here we are. They lost me. Too many years have passed and 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 lumbering 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 turns out that El Caterham will be the closest thing to a modernized version.
During Tesla’s financial report for the second quarter of 2024, Musk asked again about the Tesla Roadster and the CEO shared this update on the prestige of the vehicle program:
“When it comes to the Roadster, we did the most engineering. And I think there is still some innovation to be done, but 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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