{"id":80402,"date":"2025-02-11T15:37:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T20:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=80402"},"modified":"2025-02-11T15:37:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T20:37:35","slug":"jay-leno-had-to-remind-tesla-executives-that-the-roadster-exists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=80402","title":{"rendered":"Jay Leno had to remind Tesla executives that the Roadster exists"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a short but funny interaction, Jay Leno had to remind Tesla executives that the Roadster still exists \u2013 sort of, since it has been delayed seemingly indefinitely.<\/p>\n

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The next-generation Roadster has become basically a running gag in the Tesla community.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve asked Grok, Elon Musk\u2019s truth-seeking AI, to compile all the times the CEO announced timelines to bring the Roadster to production and compare them to reality:<\/p>\n

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  1. Initial Announcement (November 2017)<\/strong>:\n
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    • Announced Launch<\/strong>: 2020.<\/li>\n
    • Reality<\/strong>: Delayed; no production by 2020. Revised to mid-to-late 2021 in July 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • July 2020 Update<\/strong>:\n
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      • Announced Launch<\/strong>: Mid-to-late 2021.<\/li>\n
      • Reality<\/strong>: Delayed; no production by 2021. Revised to 2022 in January 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • January 2021 Update<\/strong>:\n
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        • Announced Launch<\/strong>: 2022.<\/li>\n
        • Reality<\/strong>: Delayed; no production by 2022. Revised to 2023 in September 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • September 2021 Update<\/strong>:\n
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          • Announced Launch<\/strong>: 2023.<\/li>\n
          • Reality<\/strong>: Delayed; no production by 2023. Revised to 2024 in May 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • May 2023 Update<\/strong>:\n
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            • Announced Launch<\/strong>: 2024.<\/li>\n
            • Reality<\/strong>: Delayed; no production by 2024. Revised to 2025 in February and October 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
            • February 2024 and October 2024 Updates<\/strong>:\n
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              • Announced Launch<\/strong>: 2025 (production version unveil by end of 2024, deliveries in 2025).<\/li>\n
              • Reality<\/strong>: Current target; not yet launched as of February 11, 2025 and the production version was not unveiled in 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                We are coming up on a decade since the original unveiling, and Tesla has nothing to show for it despite not having launched a new vehicle other than the Cybertruck over the last 5 years.<\/p>\n

                Based on Musk\u2019s last update, Tesla was supposed to unveil the production version by the end of 2024, which did not happen, and then start production in 2025.<\/p>\n

                Tesla has basically gone silent on the program other than being listed \u201cin development\u201d without a production location for years in its list of vehicle programs (still the same as of last month\u2019s update):<\/p>\n

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                The current state of the Tesla Roadster program couldn\u2019t have been better illustrated than by this quick conversation between Jay Leno and Tesla executives Franz von Holzhausen and Lars Moravy.<\/p>\n

                As we have often reported, Tesla doesn\u2019t have a press relations department and doesn\u2019t maintain any relationships with US media other than with a few \u201cfriendly\u201d publications and media personalities, including Jay Leno.<\/p>\n

                Tesla gave Leno an exclusive look and first drive at the new Model Y, which is not expected to hit US roads until next month:<\/p>\n

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