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Recently, Tesla’s chief designer, Franz von Holzhausen, brought the latest news about the Roadster. According to him, Tesla is still “fanatically” developing the electric supercar, which will be an “exciting flying machine”.
The new Roadster can accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just 1.9 seconds and has a range of over 600 miles. Buyers must pay a deposit of $50,000 to $250,000 to reserve the first edition, but the delivery schedule has been repeatedly delayed, making it one of Tesla’s most delayed projects.
When the new Tesla Roadster was first announced in 2017, Musk said it would be on the market in 2020. By 2020, Musk hinted that the Tesla Roadster would be delayed until 2022 because Tesla is focusing on Cybertruck, and Roaster is not a priority for Tesla.
With little news about the new Tesla Roadster in the past year, it is suspected that the release may have been delayed yet again. Due to chip shortages, Tesla had a difficult year, and even the prioritized Cybertruck was delayed.
In September of last year, when asked about the Roadster timeline, Musk confirmed that it is now postponed to at least 2023 and is only possible if there are no major surprises in 2022.
At the 2021 earnings conference call earlier this year, Musk said Tesla’s focus this year will be on Tesla Bot, a project that may even take priority over some vehicle projects.
Now, Tesla’s chief designer, Franz von Holzhausen, has provided rare updates on the Roadster plan in a Spike Car Radio podcast:
“We’re working on the Roadster. I wish we were moving faster, but I also want to say that in developing it, we’ve learned a lot. Plaid is a good learning platform. You know, all that experience feeds back into Roadster, making it even stronger than when we first unveiled.”
Von Holzhausen’s reference to “Plaid” refers to the new three-motor powertrain introduced in last year’s updated versions of the Model S and Model X. The new version of Roadster should also feature a three-motor powertrain.
Given von Holzhausen’s statement, Tesla is expected to take the Roadster to a new level.So, yes, constantly improving. This will be an amazing and exciting flying machine with the SpaceX kit.
Musk previously announced that Tesla plans to offer a “SpaceX kit” with air conditioning thrusters around the vehicle to improve performance. He said that this kit could reduce the time of Tesla sports cars from 0-60 mph to 1.1 seconds.
Faced with the repeatedly thrown pie and delayed Roadster, I wonder what the first batch of pre-order owners who paid $250,000 feel. They can only hope for Tesla’s “fanatical” research and development, looking forward to the early delivery of Roadster.
🔗Source: electrek