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By Gene
Tesla's Roadster comes in Performance, Thrust and Rocket versions, with a claimed 0-60 under 0.59 seconds. The post Tesla Roadster: Three configs, one can fly, 0-60 in 0.8 seconds appeared first on TESLARATI.
By Harvinder Sidhu
Nine years after it was first shown, the second-generation Tesla Roadster has finally been revealed, and it can fly. At an event at SpaceX’s rocket test site in McGregor, Texas, Tesla showed the two-seater driving […] The post Tesla Roadster revealed – flies on SpaceX air thrusters, 0-96 km/h in 0.81s, production 2028 appeared first on Paul Tan's Automotive News.
By Fred Lambert
Tesla has unveiled a new version of its next-generation Roadster. As expected, it received Tesla’s latest design “cyberfication” and cold-gas thrusters to allow it to jump and flip through the air. The livestream featured impressive stunts but offered few details. Tesla released more information on X after the event, but there’s still no price and no production date. more…
By Byron Hurd
Tesla's Roadster prototype can fly, stick to surfaces, and hit 60 mph in less than one second. The post Tesla Roadster Coming in 2028: 0-60 in 0.81s, Active Aero, and ‘Attitude Control Thrusters’ appeared first on The Drive.
By Peter Johnson
Until the Tesla Roadster, “there was only one car in the flying car market,” Alef said. To welcome Tesla to the race, Alef released a video of its flying car flying over the old Roadster. more…
By Zach Butler
After years of anticipation, the Tesla Roadster finally makes its official debut, with production slated for 2028. The post Tesla Meets SpaceX As the New Rocket-Equipped Roadster Makes Its Official Debut appeared first on TFLcar.
By Fred Lambert
Obrist, the Austrian engineering firm famous for ripping battery cells out of a Tesla Model 3 and bolting a gas engine into the frunk, is bankrupt. Three companies in the Obrist Group are insolvent with combined debts of about €31.8 million, or roughly $37 million. The company spent over a decade pitching its “HyperHybrid” range extender as the smarter alternative to battery-electric cars. It never got a single production vehicle out of it. more…
By Tina Casey
Tesla CEO Elon Musk aims to recover some of his EV magic from the Cybertruck debacle by showcasing the new Tesla Roadster on October 15, a $200,000 reboot of the original 2006 Tesla two-seater that sparked the global EV revolution. The post Ghost Of Thanos Lingers Over Elon Musk’s Howard Stark Moment (Updated) appeared first on CleanTechnica.
By Fred Lambert
Tesla’s latest crash reports to federal regulators add two more “Robotaxi” crashes where a remote operator, not the car’s autonomous system, was driving when it hit something. That brings it to five in the data now. And every remote takeover that has shown up in a Tesla crash report has ended in a collision. more…
By Gene
Musk says tonight's Roadster demo will be a banger, maybe literally. The clues add up. The post Elon Musk says Tesla’s Roadster demo could be a bang, quite literally appeared first on TESLARATI.
By Amber DaSilva
Plus, Europe as a proving ground for Chinese automakers, Canadian car-buying preferences and Penske changing ownership.
By Fred Lambert
A Tesla crossed the grass median of Route 55 in New Jersey, hit a tree, slid into oncoming traffic, and struck an SUV head-on. The SUV’s driver, 68-year-old Phillip Eastman, was killed. Police reported it as a driver who lost control. What they didn’t say, and likely didn’t know, is that Tesla’s own report to federal regulators says the car’s driver-assist system was engaged. This is part of an ongoing Electrek investigation matching reported crashes to Tesla’s redacted NHTSA data. more…
By Fred Lambert
Tesla’s Senior Manager of Cybercab General Assembly at Gigafactory Texas, Jody Kerns, is leaving the company to become Rivian’s Director of General Assembly for the R2 in Normal, Illinois. He’s the second Cybercab launch leader to leave Tesla this year. The head of Cybercab new product introduction walked out in April, before the vehicle ever carried a paying passenger. more…
By Z. S.
I have countless sources for tracking and following cleantech news. Every day, I go through numerous feeds and websites and news alerts to try to find out what’s happening and spot the biggest stories to cover. I very seldom see anything notable cleantech-wise from Tesla or other Elon Musk companies ... [continued] The post Elon Musk Enterprises Has Almost No Cleantech News These Days appeared first on CleanTechnica.
By Tina Casey
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has promised that the October 15 launch of the new Tesla Roadster EV will be an exciting event, whether or not things go as planned. The post Tesla’s Flying Car Flies Into Perfect Storm Of Bad Press (Updated) appeared first on CleanTechnica.
By Gene
Tesla opens its Q3 earnings Q&A, and Cybercab, Robotaxi, Optimus and regulators loom over October 21. The post Tesla opens the Q&A for its biggest earnings call yet appeared first on TESLARATI.
By Jo Borrás
Your eyes do not deceive you, dear readers – the iconic, stainless-steel bodied and gullwing-doored sportscar brand DeLorean is not only somehow still alive, but they apparently have enough money to campaign a DeLorean-branded eVTOL in the new Airspeeder racing series. more…
By Fred Lambert
Tesla Powerwalls did most of the heavy lifting as California’s home batteries set a new grid record last week. On October 6, more than 85,000 Powerwall owners sent over 600 MW to the grid, the bulk of a combined 745 MW dispatch that Sunrun announced today. That’s 28% more than the 580 MW record the two companies set less than a month ago. And it’s bigger than most gas peaker plants in the state. more…
By Gene
Tesla will stream the Roadster event Thursday at 7:55 p.m. Central. Here is what's known. The post Tesla Roadster livestream: everything Tesla has revealed before Thursday night appeared first on TESLARATI.
By Fred Lambert
Tesla says it will finally stream its next-generation Roadster event this Thursday, October 15, at 7:55 pm Central, two weeks after it was supposed to happen. It’s the latest date in a long list of them. Tesla first showed the Roadster in November 2017 and promised production in 2020. Nearly nine years later, it hasn’t delivered a single one. more…
By Gene
SpaceXSI merges Grok, Cursor, and X Premium into one plan, raising questions for Tesla owners. The post SpaceX just combined Grok, Cursor, and X into one mega plan appeared first on TESLARATI.
By Fred Lambert
Doug Field, the engineer who ran Tesla’s Model 3 program and later Ford’s entire EV operation, is now president of Mind Robotics, the industrial robotics startup Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe spun out of Rivian last year. He lands at a company that has now raised more than $1 billion in under a year, and he’ll run product, engineering, and operations alongside Scaringe. more…
By Gene
Taiwan's Apollo Power orders 260 Tesla Megapacks, betting AI data centers will need more electricity. The post Taiwan power firm bets big on Tesla Megapacks as AI data center thirst grows appeared first on TESLARATI.
By Fred Lambert
Tesla sold 381,088 cars to Chinese buyers through the first nine months of 2026, down 11.9% from last year, according to CPCA data. Over the same period, Giga Shanghai’s exports more than doubled to 361,972 vehicles. Nearly half of what Tesla builds in China now leaves China. And Beijing just announced it will cut the tax rebate on EV exports next year. more…
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