Tesla · Elon Musk · Sam Altman · Ars Technica
Tesla turns to 50-year-old stunt technology as it tries to Roadster again
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Nine years after first trying to resurrect the Roadster, Tesla is apparently trying again.
Key facts
- Now, Musk claims a planned top speed of 383 mph (616 km/h), with a 0-60 mph time of 0.8 seconds
- But those free cars never showed up, and neither did the ones that people put down $50,000 deposits for; last year Sam Altman discovered how hard it can be to get that money back
- Should Musk succeed, he will have access to billions of dollars from passive investment funds that invest retirement accounts in the S&P 500
- The new Roadster, they're told, will be unlike anything else, although the angular, wedge-shaped styling owes more than a little to Giorgetto Giugiaro’s original Lotus Esprit—Musk is known to own
Summary
The new Roadster, they're told, will be unlike anything else, although the angular, wedge-shaped styling owes more than a little to Giorgetto Giugiaro’s original Lotus Esprit—Musk is known to own a James Bond prop car—as well as the more recent Lamborghini Gallardo. Rather, it’s where 100,000 psi jets of compressed nitrogen shoot out. Unusually, Tesla says it stuck with rear-wheel drive for the new electric vehicle. Some of the performance claims are even more grandiose than nine years ago.