Tesla Roadster (2008)

Electric convertible sports car produced 2008–2012

The Tesla Roadster is a battery electric vehicle (BEV) sports car, based on the Lotus Elise chassis, 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 320 kilometres (200 mi) per charge. It is also the first production car to be launched into orbit, carried by a Falcon Heavy rocket in a test flight on February 6, 2018.

OVERVIEW

Manufacturer	Tesla, Inc. +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Also called	Code name: DarkStar +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Production	2008–2012 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Assembly	Hethel, UK Menlo Park, California, U.S. +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

BODY AND CHASSIS

Class	Small car (US) S-segment (sports cars) (EU) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Body style	2-door roadster +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Layout	Rear mid-motor, rear-wheel drive +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Related	Lotus Elise Lotus Exige Tesla Model S Tesla Roadster (2020) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

POWERTRAIN

Transmission

Single speed BorgWarner fixed gear (8.27:1 ratio)

DIMENSIONS

Wheelbase	2,352 mm (92.6 in) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Length	3,946 mm (155.4 in) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Width	1,873 mm (73.7 in) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Height	1,127 mm (44.4 in) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Curb weight	1,305 kg (2,877 lb) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

CHRONOLOGY

Successor

Tesla Roadster (2020)

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