Tesla Roadster
| Tesla Roadster | |
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Tesla Roadster Sport 2.5
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Tesla Motors |
| Also called | Code name: DarkStar |
| Production | 2008–2012 |
| Assembly |
Hethel, United Kingdom Menlo Park, California, U.S. |
| Designer | Tesla Motors |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Roadster |
| Body style | 2-door roadster |
| Layout | Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive |
| Related |
Lotus Elise Lotus Exige |
| Powertrain | |
| Electric motor |
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| Transmission | Single speed BorgWarner fixed gear (8.27:1 ratio) |
| Battery | 53 kWh (lithium-ion battery at the pack level: 117 Wh/kg and 370 Wh/L) CAC (Capacity) approx. 160 Ah when new |
| Electric range | 244 mi (393 km) using EPA combined cycle |
| Plug-in charging | Proprietary inlet, 16.8 kW (70 A 240 V) with HPWC outlet and with the SAE J1772-2009 adapter, adapters for domestic AC sockets |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,352 mm (92.6 in) |
| Length | 3,946 mm (155.4 in) |
| Width | 1,873 mm (73.7 in) |
| Height | 1,127 mm (44.4 in) |
| Curb weight | 1,305 kg (2,877 lb) |
 Tesla Roadster and Lotus Elise
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Black Roadster and grey Elise
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The Tesla Roadster is a battery electric vehicle (BEV) sports car that was produced by the electric car firm Tesla Motors (now Tesla Inc.) in California from 2008 to 2012. The Roadster was the first highway legal serial production all-electric car to use lithium-ion battery cells, and the first production all-electric car to travel more than 200 miles (320 km) per charge. A replacement for the Roadster is expected for 2019.
Tesla sold about 2,450 Roadsters in over 30 countries, and most of the last Roadsters were sold in Europe and Asia during the fourth quarter of 2012. Tesla produced right-hand-drive Roadsters from early 2010. The Roadster base price in 2010 was US$109,000 in the United States, GB£86,950 in the United Kingdom, A$191,888 in Australia, and €84,000 in continental Europe. As an electric vehicle, the Roadster qualified for several government incentives in many nations.
The world distance record of 501 km (311 mi) for a production electric car on a single charge was set by a Roadster on October 27, 2009, during the Global Green Challenge in outback Australia, in which it averaged a speed of 25 mph (40 km/h). In March 2010, a Tesla Roadster became the first electric vehicle to win the Monte Carlo Alternative Energy Rally and the first to win any Federation Internationale de l'Automobile-sanctioned championship when a Roadster driven by former Formula One driver Érik Comas beat 96 competitors for range, efficiency and performance in the three-day, nearly 1,000-kilometer (620 mi) challenge.
According to the U.S. EPA, the Roadster can travel 244 miles (393 km) on a single charge of its lithium-ion battery pack, and can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) in 3.7 or 3.9 seconds depending on the model. The Roadster's efficiency, as of September 2008[update], was reported as 120 MPGe (2.0 L/100 km). It uses 135 Wh/km (21.7 kW·h/100 mi, 13.5 kW·h/100 km or 490 kJ/km) battery-to-wheel, and has an efficiency of 88% on average.
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