Tesla Roadster v2.0

[Dameon]

I watched (or at least tried) the Tesla Semi event online. I don't know how much bandwidth they allocated to that event, but it wasn't enough. Between dropouts, I managed to see the higher points of the Semi, but the Roadster stole the show for me.

Sharp looking, no doubt, but a question the specs:

"The base model will be able to travel from 0-60 miles per hour in 1.9 seconds, which would be a record. It will go 0-100 miles per hour in 4 seconds. It will have a 200 kilowatt hour battery pack and will be able to drive 620 miles on a single charge, Musk said. "It will do the quarter mile in 8.9 seconds. This will the first time that any production car has broken 9 seconds in the quarter mile."

Twice the battery capacity of the P100D. That's a whole lot of battery in a car that's obviously MUCH smaller than the Model S.

Biggest drawback?

Customers can reserve a model with a $50,000 deposit. Those who want to buy one of the 1,000 Founders Series Roadsters will have to shell out $250,000 upfront.

Yikes! $250K deposit? What is the MSRP of that thing?

 

[BigD0g]

250k is the full price for the founders series, it’s 50k deposit for the 200k non founder series.

 

[Dameon]

You can get the loan now and almost have it paid off by time you get it. Nice.