The base model started at $109,000, an attractive purchase for reasonably well-funded fans of electric cars. Roadster 2.0, the second version of the model, dialed up the power to 248 hp and 280 lb ...

Tesla Roadster runs 313 miles on a charge in Global Green Challenge Simon Hackett and co-driver Emilis Prelgauskas with the record setting Roadster – click above for high-res image gallery By ...

Few cars have been lavished with more praise before anyone has actually gotten his or her hands on them than the Tesla roadster. To be sure, the specs look great—it’s not just extremely rapid ...

The Tesla Roadster proves the sound brilliance of the Lotus Elise chassis by showing that even with 990 extra pounds of batteries stuffed into it, the car is still fun to drive.

For the past five years or more, the iconic Tesla Roadster has been the poster child for electric cars. Produced between 2008 and 2011, the two-seat Tesla Roadster combines the desirability of a ...

CAR magazine lives with a Tesla Model S long-term test electric car. Forget the green stuff for a moment: how does the Tesla Roadster drive? It’s extraordinary: the Tesla is hugely, comically ...

The first time Tommy Nguyen saw a second-generation Tesla Roadster in person was four years after he put down a $50,000 deposit for the car — and he had to drive over four hours to check it out ...

Three green car-related technologies have won Popular Mechanics' Breakthrough Awards this year. They are the Tesla Roadster, Mercedes' BlueTec engine and an electrolyzer from GE that can extract ...

The first Tesla, really a proof of concept, was the low-volume, high-performance 2008 Roadster, carrying a six-figure price tag. Then came the Model S and Model X in 2012 and 2015, higher volume ...

Although the battery pack contains the equivalent of just 2.1 gallons of gasoline (before recharging losses), Tesla claims the Roadster's efficiency is six times that of rival sports cars, and it ...

This is a book excerpt from 'Tesla: How Elon Musk and Company Made Electric Cars Cool, and Remade the Automotive and Energy Industries,' by Charles Morris.

The Tesla Roadster's pioneering role should, by now, be indelibly etched in every car enthusiast's information bank. Tesla Motors has survived infancy and has a credible business plan.