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Tesla Claims a One-Second Roadster. Production: 2028.

The number is Tesla's own claim, and nobody outside Tesla has checked it. The car was first shown in 2017.

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Tesla's redesigned Roadster
Image: Tesla, via Engadget

[ The short version ]

  1. 01Tesla claims a 0 to 60 mph time of one second. The figure is Tesla's own and unverified.
  2. 02Production starts in 2028. The Roadster was first shown in 2017.
  3. 03Reserving costs $50,000 for the base car and $250,000 for the Thrust package.

Tesla showed its next Roadster on Thursday: a car that drove up a ramp and stuck to it upside down, then jumped off and hovered down. The headline number is a claimed 0 to 60 mph in one second.

That figure is Tesla's own, and nobody outside Tesla has checked it. Engadget notes that the stunts were programmed.

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Claimed 0 to 60 mph time, by TeslaNot independently verified

The timeline and the price

  • Production starts in 2028.
  • The car was first shown in 2017.
  • Reserving costs $50,000 for the base car and $250,000 for the Thrust package. The Rocket trim is invite only.

Elon Musk said the car may not move the needle on revenue. So what is it for? A very fast advertisement for the brand, and a test of how long a deposit can wait.

Sources and notes
  • #Tesla
  • #EV
  • #Roadster

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Victor Oluwaleye founded TheStak to explain what tech, AI and marketing actually change for the people running businesses, in Africa and beyond. A computer scientist by training and a marketer by trade, Victor has spent more than a decade leading marketing teams and building digital systems inside organisations, and runs Induuce Consultants, a growth and digital transformation agency in Lagos. More about Victor

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