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1 TESLA ROADSTER 2.0
• From $200,000 (£150,876), tesla.com
Admit it: you thought electric cars were a nice, eco-friendly idea, but that none could ever be sexy enough or fast enough to replace a gasguzzling, high-performance car. Well, prepare to backtrack significantly by saying hello to the new Tesla Roadster, an all-electric supercar that’s spoiling for a fight with petrol-powered rides
With the Roadster, Tesla is looking to set a new benchmark for the world’s fastest car. It’s a record currently held by the Agera RS, which throws down at 277.9mph; the Roadster’s top speed is said to be above 250mph, but an exact figure has yet to be confirmed.
In the meantime there’s plenty else to get excited about here: 0-60 in 1.9 seconds – the first production car to break the two-second mark – and a whopping 620-mile range… and those stats relate to the basic Roadster – there’ll be an option to increase
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