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0–60 Performance
under 1.6 s
0–60 Thrust
under 0.9 s
0–60 Rocket
under 0.59 s
Top speed
over 230 mph (over 370 km/h)
Range
over 300 mi (over 483 km)
Production
2028 target

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Design

People

Public roles named in coverage of the 2026 car and the 2017 design credit.

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Technology

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Design

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Specs

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Specs

Specs

Second-generation Roadster figures by trim. Where sources disagree, the sheet says so.

RDSTR Desk · · 6 min read

Development

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Development

Prototypes

The development-car count given in engineer interviews.

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History

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History

Delays

Each slipped date recorded between the 2017 reveal and the 2026 event.

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Rear studio view of the second-generation Tesla Roadster, with a full-width light bar and four round nozzles above the diffuser. The plate reads RDSTR.
Rear studio photograph Tesla published with the 2026 Roadster page. The light bar runs across the tail, and four nozzles sit above the diffuser. Image: Tesla, Inc.
White Roadster at night on a dry lakebed, doors raised, with a light bar across the nose.
Night photograph Tesla posted at the reveal, with the doors raised and the nose light bar lit. Image: Tesla, Inc.
Rear three-quarter studio view of the white Roadster with the rear wing raised and four gold-ringed nozzles above the diffuser. The plate reads RDSTR.
Studio photograph Tesla posted of the tail, with the rear wing raised and four nozzles above the diffuser. Image: Tesla, Inc.
Overhead rear view of the white Roadster, with the wing down, gold-tinted roof glass, a full-width light bar, and four gold-ringed nozzles. The plate reads RDSTR.
Overhead studio photograph Tesla published of the tail, with the wing down and four nozzles above the diffuser. Image: Tesla, Inc.
Side view of the white Roadster with the door and the rear wing raised.
Side photograph Tesla posted, with the door and the rear wing raised. Image: Tesla, Inc.
Rear three-quarter view of the white Roadster on a dry lakebed, with a person in a flight suit and helmet in the foreground.
Lakebed photograph Tesla posted after the reveal, seen from the rear three-quarter with a suited figure in the foreground. Image: Tesla, Inc.
Overhead view of the Roadster roof, with gold-tinted glass panels and a suited figure standing beside the car.
Overhead photograph Tesla posted of the gold-tinted roof glass, with a suited figure beside the car. Image: Tesla, Inc.
Interior of the Roadster, with white seats, a light-coloured yoke, a centre screen showing the car, and a red light along the door.
Interior photograph Tesla published, with white seats, a yoke, and a centre screen. Image: Tesla, Inc.

Not yet published by Tesla

Price, battery capacity, per-trim top speeds and the charge curve have not been published.