Top-manager of "Tesla" told about the Roadster sports car successor

The company Tesla Motors is developing a new electric sports car, which will become the ideological successor of model Roadster, but it will be different from its predecessor. This edition of the Swedish IDG said a top manager "Tesla" Peter Bardenflet-Hansen.




According Bardenfleta-Hansen, a sports car, "which will look a little different, a little more and get faster the original model».

According to unofficial data, the basis of new items will fall chassis Tesla Model 3. This will allow the Roadster successor in the original style of the "Tesla" as opposed to the original roadster. Sports car was built on the Lotus Elise, so the possibility of the American designers of the brand have been significantly limited.

Tesla Roadster electric car first generation was produced from 2008 to 2012 (manufactured by 2, 5 thousand cars). The model was completed with 288-hp electric unit, allowing you to dial the first "hundred" for 3, 7 seconds.

In late 2014, "Tesla" Roadster unveiled an improved version - 3.0. The model has a new battery pack capacity is increased by 31 percent - up to 70 kilowatt-hours. drag ratio improved from 0.36 to 0.31. Claimed power reserve increased from 390 to 640 kilometers.

In 2015 Tesla Roadster 3.0 has been able to pass on a single charge 550-kilometer route from the store, "Tesla" San Jose to Santa Monica pier. In this apparatus showed that the margin would allow the battery to drive more than 30 kilometers.