The first fully electric sports car that Tesla launched as part of its large Tesla motor cars program was the Tesla Roadster. The Roadster was the first all electric vehicle that could be termed as highway capable. The Roadster was the first vehicle to use lithium-ion battery cells. Further, the Roadster could travel over 200 miles or 320 km per charge.
The growth of Tesla motor cars with the Roadster was significant, since it sold over 2,400 Roadsters between 2008 and September 2012 in 31 countries. The actual mileage achieved by the Roadster during testing was a staggering 245 miles or 394 km per charge. The top speed of Roadster is 125 miles per hour or 201 km per hour. Further, it could accelerate within four seconds from zero to 60 miles per hour or 97 km per hour.
The shares further climbed to a 52-week high of $117.82 on July 2, 2013 after having gained 9.82% on the previous day to close at $117.18. The sharp rise occurred after Elaine Kwei and Peter Nesvold, analysts at Jefferies, raised the buy target price of Tesla motor cars to $130 on July 1, 2013.
The goal of Musk and Tesla Motors was to create affordable electric cars for mass markets to reduce fuel and gas consumption. When Musk completed the design of the Tesla Roadster in 2006, Mikhail Gorbachev presented the product design award of Golden Green 2006 to him. Musk was also instrumental in raising the necessary finance for Tesla motor cars production through several rounds of external finances.
Tesla expanded its market for the Roadster to Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia. However, Tesla was forced to stop accepting orders for the Roadster from 2011 in the U.S., after the supply of Lotus Elise gliders came to an end when its contract for 2,500 gliders with Lotus Car expired by the end of 2011.
The total sales of electric cars from the beginning of 2013 has been 17,500, with the major share in this sales has been by Model S of Tesla motor car and Nissan Leaf model. The main competitors to Model S are Nissan Leaf, Audi A6/7/8, Mercedes E/S class sedans, BMW 5/7 Series, and Porsche Panamera.
The growth of Tesla motor cars with the Roadster was significant, since it sold over 2,400 Roadsters between 2008 and September 2012 in 31 countries. The actual mileage achieved by the Roadster during testing was a staggering 245 miles or 394 km per charge. The top speed of Roadster is 125 miles per hour or 201 km per hour. Further, it could accelerate within four seconds from zero to 60 miles per hour or 97 km per hour.
The shares further climbed to a 52-week high of $117.82 on July 2, 2013 after having gained 9.82% on the previous day to close at $117.18. The sharp rise occurred after Elaine Kwei and Peter Nesvold, analysts at Jefferies, raised the buy target price of Tesla motor cars to $130 on July 1, 2013.
The goal of Musk and Tesla Motors was to create affordable electric cars for mass markets to reduce fuel and gas consumption. When Musk completed the design of the Tesla Roadster in 2006, Mikhail Gorbachev presented the product design award of Golden Green 2006 to him. Musk was also instrumental in raising the necessary finance for Tesla motor cars production through several rounds of external finances.
Tesla expanded its market for the Roadster to Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia. However, Tesla was forced to stop accepting orders for the Roadster from 2011 in the U.S., after the supply of Lotus Elise gliders came to an end when its contract for 2,500 gliders with Lotus Car expired by the end of 2011.
The total sales of electric cars from the beginning of 2013 has been 17,500, with the major share in this sales has been by Model S of Tesla motor car and Nissan Leaf model. The main competitors to Model S are Nissan Leaf, Audi A6/7/8, Mercedes E/S class sedans, BMW 5/7 Series, and Porsche Panamera.
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The Tesla Roadster is super eco-efficient car, but more expensive than the Tesla Model S.
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