Tesla Roadster: Nine Years of Broken Promises

from Tesorb Signal: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Musk Companies

The next-generation Tesla Roadster was unveiled as a prototype in November 2017 with production promised for 2020. Nine years and at least eight broken deadlines later, the car still doesn't exist. We walk through the full timeline of delays, the escalating performance claims, and what the Roadster saga reveals about Tesla's pattern of promising big and delivering late.

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