Alongside the truck’s world debut, Tesla CEO Elon Musk pulls the covers off from the all-new Roadster model. As claimed by Musk himself, the open-top model of the Roadster could complete the sprint of 0-60mph in just 1.9 sec.
While the next generation model of the Tesla’s first production car can easily accelerate from the standstill position to 100 mph in 4.2sec and a quarter-mile sprint completion takes place in 8.9 sec.
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"This will the first time that any production car has broken nine seconds in the quarter mile," he said.
Other than this, officials also claimed that with a removable lid and wraparound rear section, the Roadster which resembles to the Mazda MX-5 RF, will be able to touch the top speed of more than 250mph.
Musk revealed that the car is packed with the 200kWh battery pack which enables it covers a range of 620-mile range in a single charge, which in itself is a record for production electric vehicles.
"The point of doing this is to give a hardcore smackdown to gasoline cars,” continued Musk. “Driving a gasoline sports car is going to feel like a steam engine with a side of quiche.”
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Bookings for the Tesla Roadster which is priced at an introductory price sticker of $200,000 (£151,020 at today’s exchange rate), has commenced at the token amount of $50,000. It is expected to hit the global market in 2020.