The 2020 Tesla Roadster Will Do 0-60mph In 1.9sec, 1/4-Mile In 8.8
0-60mph in 1.9 seconds is one hell of a figure to open with. It’s the benchmark sprint that Tesla says its new Roadster - which had a surprise appearance at the company’s semi truck unveiling - will be capable of when it arrives in 2020, and it’d make it not just the fastest accelerating electric vehicle, but the fastest accelerating production car. Period.
But that’s just a start. Tesla is also claiming a ‘250mph+’ top speed for the all-wheel drive sports car - unusually high for an EV. 0-100mph will happen in 4.2 seconds, and it’ll be able to run an 8.8 second quarter-mile. Oh, and it’ll have a 620 mile range.
It’s made possible by a 200kWh battery pack, but how Tesla will offset the inevitable high weight of such a thing, we’re not yet sure.
It’ll seat four people, and have a removal glass roof panel that can be stored in the boot. It looks like the rear seats are particularly small, but away from Porsche 911s, few super-fast sports cars have rear chairs of any kind.
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The Tesla Roadster is a car that makes some very hefty claims, so should we be skeptical? At least a little, we’d say - while this is a tantalising look at an electric sports car of the near future, the reality of the present is Tesla isn’t in the best health. It recently reported its biggest ever loss, and Model 3 production is way, way off the firm’s original targets.
Can it manage to sort out Model 3 ‘bottleneck’ issues, build its new semi-truck and put the fastest accelerating road car the world has ever seen into production? We sure hope so.
If all goes to plan, the Roadster will set you back $200,000, or $250,000 for one of the 1000 ‘Founders Series’ cars.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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I’m calling serious levels of horse manure on this one. That specification sounds like was written by a pre pubescent school boy.
0-60 in 1.9 seconds? Yeah, yeah, and I can run a 2 minute mile
I just got 1.9 more reasons to love Tesla!
Pretty sure they’re about to break the laws of physics at this point…
I still remember about those Model 3 production numbers Musk was talking about, and what happened in reality. Tesla often makes big promises, bet when it comes to fulfilling them, their record isn’t great. So I’ll believe 1.9 second 0-60 time when I’ll see actual production car doing it, until then it’s just claims and nothing more.
Wow elon musk it totally doesn’t sound like bullshit at all, because you are the most credible and reliable person out there and you don’t make outlandish claims at all… Am i right… Yeah i will wait and see if your plans work out
Tesla often makes huge promnises (just remember Tesla Model 3 production numbers they were promising and what happened in reality). So until they’ll show actual production Roadster doing 0-60 in 1.9 seconds with actual proof, it’ll be nothing but claims.
I sure hope it still looks like that by production.
Erm, what’s the point in a car this fast? No normal person could possibly pretend to even get close to it’s potential on the road. And with no gears or engine noise, the involvement will be low. It will be like sitting in the bullet train. Impressive but…..
The most ridiculous part about all of it is that this is not even Musk’s attempt at a full blown super/hyper car. Yes the figures are hypercar beating but it looks like something that would compete with a porsche cayman.
Cant even imagine what he would make if he wanted to build an actual hypercar.
Looks like a mix of a lykan hyper sport, Porsche Cayman, and Honda nsx concept. I kinda like it