- Second-generation Tesla Roadster expected to be shown later in 2024, according to Elon Musk, with a 2025 production debut as a 2026 model-year car.
- The Roadster still promises a range of 620 miles, room for four, and some kind of optional rocket-assisted launch/handling system developed in collaboration with SpaceX, likely to be shown during the model's reveal later in 2024.
- The Roadster is expected to start at $200,000 in base form, according to Tesla's website, but this could change closer to its production debut.
It has been a long time, to put it mildly, since we first saw images of the next-gen Tesla Roadster.
So long, in fact, that in the meantime we have now seen a once-in-a-century pandemic, a major land war in Europe, and several new iPhones. We also now know what Pluto looks like up close. China held its second Olympic Games, and Christopher Nolan has released a time-travel film with a lot of expository dialogue that not many viewers actually understood, but one that possibly featured a Saab 9-5 driving backwards at 88 mph to go back through time.
For some further perspective, the second-generation Tesla Roadster was first shown in November 2017 when the new Model 3 was still in "production hell," moving in fits and starts, having begun months prior.
