More news on the second-generation Tesla Roadster has emerged. While the sportiest of Teslas was announced in 2017, it has been beset by numerous delays, first earmarked for production in 2022 before being delayed again to 2023.
That time has come and gone, and now Tesla CEO Elon Musk has tweeted that design goals for the Roadster have been ‘radically increased’, and his subsequent response to the thread alludes to a 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) time of under one second, adding “and that is the least interesting part”.
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 28, 2024
Quick enough to take flight? Not exactly something Musk is refuting. The Tesla Owners Silicon Valley account asks later on in the thread, “Can it fly a little?” to which Musk merely responds with the googly-eyes emoji.
Musk has toyed with the idea of fitting SpaceX rocket thrusters on the Roadster before, as he tweeted in 2018 that the installation of “10 small rocket thrusters arranged seamlessly around [the] car” will “improve acceleration, top speed, braking and cornering.” This, according to YouTube channel Engineering Explained, could send the Roadster from 0-96 km/h in 1.1 seconds.
As for its eventual unveiling of the production version, that is set to take place at the end of this year, Musk tweeted, and shipments – presumably of customer units – are to follow next year.
Tonight, we radically increased the design goals for the new Tesla Roadster.
There will never be another car like this, if you could even call it a car.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 28, 2024
0-60mph < 1 sec
And that is the least interesting part
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 28, 2024
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I think my neck will brake after the acceleration. :P
Instead of boycotting McDee n Ajibkor’s Starbucks,we should boycott this dude’s tesla.
Elon is saying unless duties r levied on Chinese Evs,they will be swarmed with Chinese EVs.TESLA is already no.2 in EV sales.
The west r full of anti competition duties levied on Asian products that dont sing along their wicked tunes.
Time to make this dude less rich.
Do you even know how much China taxes foreign made cars?
China has also banned many of the West’s tech suck as google and FB. So that is fair.
I doubt anyone here cares. Tesla is still the first choice for EV!
Talk more about AP Cronies first la bro it has affected every single Malaysian individual since you were born unless you are one of the few free happy AP owners.
Still in time for our EV tax incentive
He talks a lot of rubbish. Let’s see when the car is tested independently and not using tesla’s 1-foot roll acceleration.
I love Special K