Tesla's New Roadster Wears the Lamborghini Murciélago's Face
Tesla credits two jets for its new Roadster, but its face recalls the Lamborghini Murciélago and the jet-styled Reventón, and the 2017 curves are gone.
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Tesla credits two jets for its new Roadster, but its face recalls the Lamborghini Murciélago and the jet-styled Reventón, and the 2017 curves are gone.
The 9th Circuit vacated class certification in the Tesla FSD hardware case because buyers could order FSD without seeing Tesla's Autopilot page.
Combustion cars fell to a record-low 33% of China's car sales in September as gas car sales dropped 43.5%. U.S. battery-electric share sits near 6%.
Everything we know about the Tesla Roadster: 1 MW rear drive, 500 kW charging, fans, thrusters, the cabin, conflicting specs and still no price.
Tesla's Roadster wing has road, high-downforce and low-drag positions. Tesla claims near-F1 downforce, and a Tesla patent for a matching wing says 700 kg.
Tesla says the Roadster's battery and drive unit make 1 MW, a third more than the Model S Plaid, at half the mass. Two rear motors do all the work.
Tesla fixed the new Roadster's seat in one position to save weight. Sawyer Merritt's videos show a screen with wing settings and thruster psi.
Tesla Roadster thrusters run on compressed air stored in COPV tanks. A video shows the tank and four nozzles, and a Tesla photo shows 5,500 psi.
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