Tesla plans to start Cybertruck production in 2023 and if all goes to plan will follow with the Roadster in 2024.
was originally promised to start production in 2020, but that deadline came and went, and since then Tesla CEO Elon Musk has managed to announce a new date almost every year.
His latest announcement came on Tuesday during Tesla's annual shareholder meeting in Austin, Texas, where Musk said the new Roadster would start production in 2024, but stressed that the new deadline wasn't a promise. "We expect to complete the engineering and design of the next-gen Tesla Roadster this year and hopefully—this is not a commitment—start production next year," he said in response to a question about the long-delayed electric sports car.
When it unveiled the car in 2017, Tesla quoted a 0-60 mph time of 1.9 seconds, a 0-100 mph time of 4.2 seconds, and a top speed of 250 mph. A 200-kilowatt-hour battery pack would provide 620 miles of range, Tesla said at the time. As if that wasn't ambitious enough, Musk later mused aboutTesla at the 2017 reveal said pricing would start at $200,000 for the standard Roadster, and at $250,000 for a limited-edition Founder Series model.
Tesla is notorious for missing deadlines, so it shouldn't be too surprising that the Roadster is late. Still, the company has managed to eventually deliver on most of its promises.Cybertruck pickup truckMusk also said Tesla had two new vehicles in development and said one was already being built, though it isn't clear if he meant prototypes or customer examples.One of the vehicles was teased during the presentation.
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