The Tesla Roadster is a fully electric sports car, and is the first car produced by electric car firm Tesla Motors. The car which features a 3-phase, 4-pole electric motor which develops 248 HP can travel 221 miles (356 km) on a single charge of its lithium-ion battery pack and accelerate from 0-60 mph (0–97 km/h) in 3.9 seconds with the development transmission.

In late January, the company announced that it passed all Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. The company also noted at the time that regular production for the vehicle would commence on March 17 after over two years of prototyping and testing. The first production Roadster, referred to as “P1″, was delivered to Tesla Motors’ Chairman Elon Musk on February 1, 2008.

The 2008 Roadster production is already sold out as Tesla Motors took reservations for over 900 units. The company is now accepting orders for 2009 models which will hopefully come with the production two-speed transmission already installed. Final pricing for the 2008 Tesla Roadster base model is $98,000, plus a destination charge of $950.

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