Tesla Debuts 2026 Roadster, an EV Sports Car at Least $200,000

Sales of electric vehicles are booming in much of the world as people look for ways to avoid gyrating fuel prices at the mercy of geopolitics.

But automakers are aiming a new fleet of electric cars at people who are not worried about prices at the pump and normally have garages full of vehicles with brawny, gas guzzling engines.

On Thursday, Tesla is scheduled to unveil the Roadster, an incarnation of the company’s first car, which will sell for at least $200,000. Elon Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, has said the Roadster will be able to accelerate from zero to 60 miles per hour in a second, a velocity usually found only on drag strips.

The debut of the Roadster at an event late on Thursday will come a week after Jaguar, once famous for powerful 12-cylinder engines, showed off a 1,000-horsepower battery-powered beast it calls the Type 01, which starts at $130,000. The vehicle is the first new model by the British luxury brand, a unit of Tata Motors, after it decided to focus exclusively on electric vehicles.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/business/tesla-roadster-2026-ev-sports-car.html