Tesla set to unveil next generation Roadster sports EV after years of delay

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 15 (Reuters) Tesla is set to unveil its redesigned Roadster on Thursday, nearly nine years after it first showed a next-generation version of its electric sports car. Tesla revealed a prototype of ​the $200,000 car in 2017 and said deliveries would begin in 2020. ‌The price has not been updated but reservations are still $50,000 each. Chief Executive Elon Musk has played down the car s importance to Tesla s finances, describing it in 2023 as a small potato situation that would not move the needle in a major way financially. But the car still carries symbolic ‌weight. Tesla ​does not currently have a halo car, or high-performance ⁠luxury vehicle designed to showcase ⁠an automaker s best engineering and technology. The Roadster will be Tesla s new halo car, Morningstar analyst Seth Goldstein said in a note last month. Musk set expectations in 2017, saying a four-seat Roadster would travel 620 miles (1,000 km) ​on a single charge. In 2024, he posted on X that it