<Tr> <Th> Predecessor </Th> <Td> Tesla Roadster (2008) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Tesla Roadster is an all - electric battery - powered four - seater sports car prototype from Tesla, Inc . Tesla has said it will be capable of 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km / h) in 1.9 seconds, quicker than any street legal production car to date at its announcement in November 2017 . The Roadster is the successor to Tesla's first production car, which was the 2008 Roadster . </P> <P> Tesla said they will begin selling the car in 2020, though not before the Tesla Model Y goes on sale . Elon Musk said that the Roadster would have a new acceleration mode that is quicker than the acceleration available with the Tesla Model S and X . </P> <P> In 2011, at the end of the production run of the original Tesla Roadster, Elon Musk suggested that a new version of the Roadster, without the Lotus chassis, would return to production by 2014 . The new Roadster was first teased in 2014 . </P>

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