Elon Musk says the new Tesla Roadster is on the way, but the Model Y and Cybertruck must come first
Tesla will make the Cybertruck and ramp up Model Y production before moving to the $200,000 Roadster, CEO Elon Musk said.
The topic came up on Joe Rogan's podcast, where Musk appeared this week for his second guest appearance. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more storiesIn a Thursday podcast with Joe Rogan, popular guest and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company is prioritizing its other planned cars over the $200,000 Tesla Roadster sports car. , but Musk didn't have a date.
"This COVID thing's kind of thrown us for a loop," Musk said when asked when the Roadster would be on sale. "Not to blame everything on COVID, but it's certainly set us back on progress for some number of months.When asked if the Roadster would come before the Cybertruck —"I mean, I think we should do Cybertruck first, before Roadster," he said.. Accompanying it were absurd, pie-in-the-sky claims, such as how it would hit 60 mph from a standstill in just 1.
Musk himself then took to Twitter — his choice platform for making announcements — to tout the upcoming Roadster's features.
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