Tesla Roadster: Release date, price and all you need to know about the 2026 EV

Whatever happened to the second-generation Tesla Roadster? A successor to Tesla’s first ever car, also called the Roadster and launched in 2008, company boss Elon Musk said the new Roadster would arrive in 2020. Tesla Roadster release date open image in gallery The car is now expected to arrive with customers in 2026 At the 2017 reveal, a 2020 release date for the Roadster felt fairly conservative, even by Tesla’s lax timekeeping standards. Musk last spoke about the Roadster on an earnings call in late 2024, stating: “I’d certainly like to thank our long-suffering deposit holders of the Tesla Roadster.” Musk added that his company is “close to finalising the car’s design,” and that the Roadster’s development “has to come behind the things that have a more serious impact on the good of the world…The Roadster is the cherry on the icing on the cake.” Tesla Roadster price When Tesla revealed the Roadster back in 2017 it said the car would be priced from $200,000. And that is the least interesting part.” He also said: “Production design complete and unveiled by end of the year, aiming to ship next year.” In March 2024 Musk told the Don Lemon podcast: “The only way to do something that’s cooler than the Cybertruck is to combine SpaceX and Tesla technology to create something that’s not really even a car, something that’s never existed before.