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2008 / USA
Tesla Roadster
Sport 53 kWh (292 Hp)
First-generation Tesla Roadster based on the Lotus Elise platform; limited-production early EV sports car.
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Winter range
0 km
100% lower than WLTP in this model.
Fast stop
0 km
0 km/min from a 15 minute stop.
Battery use
53 kWh
100% usable-to-gross ratio.
Winter
0 km
Highway
0 km
DC peak
0 kW
10-80%
0 min
RoadsterRWDNCA400VNo heat pumpNo V2L
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Real-world range
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EVRadar estimateOwners report
Everyday393 kmno data yet
Motorway0 kmno data yet
Cold (≤5°C)0 kmno data yet
Owner readings are normalised to a full charge (km ÷ % of battery used), then we take the median. Everyday compares against the mixed real-world estimate, motorway against the highway figure, cold against the winter figure.
Battery longevity outlook
NCA pack — reward careful charging habits to keep it healthy.
C+54/100 modelled
Chemistry55
Guaranteed health50
Warranty length60
Engineering45
Modelled from chemistry, guaranteed health and warranty — not a measured reading.
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Complete data sheet
All available EVRadar fields
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EVRadar insights — derived from the data
- Summer mixed range
- 393 km
- Service risk
- High
Identity
- Model family
- Roadster
- Generation
- I
- Lifecycle
- discontinued
- Production from
- 2008
- Production to
- 2012
- Body type
- Roadster
- Segment
- Electric sports car
- Tags
- Roadster, Sports car, Tesla first model
- Tags
- rwd, single_motor, bev, nca
- Produced from
- 2008
- Produced to
- 2012
Platform
- Platform name
- Lotus Elise-derived Roadster platform
- Platform class
- 400V
Practicality
- Doors
- 2
- Seats
- 2
- Length
- 3946 mm
- Width
- 1851 mm
- Height
- 1127 mm
- Wheelbase
- 2351 mm
- Ground clearance
- 130 mm
- Turning circle
- 11.1 m
- Kerb weight
- 1235 kg
- Gross weight
- 1485 kg
- Payload
- 250 kg
- Drag coefficient
- 0.36 Cd
Comfort
- Heat pump
- none
- Battery preconditioning
- none
Software & ADAS
- Head-up display
- No
- Apple CarPlay
- no
- Android Auto
- no
- Connectivity
- none
- OTA updates
- No
Warranty
- Paint warranty
- 4 yr
- Corrosion warranty
- 12 yr
- Service risk
- high
Battery
- Chemistry
- NCA
- Cell format
- cylindrical
- Cell supplier
- Panasonic
- Architecture
- Lithium-ion battery pack with 18650-format cells
Charging
- AC phases
- 1
- Plug
- Type2
- Charge port
- rear-left
Bidirectional
- V2L
- No
- V2G
- No
- V2H
- No
- Plug & Charge
- No
Wheels
- Wheel size
- 16 in
- Front tyre
- Front wheel tires: 195/50 R16 Rear wheel tires: 225/45 R17
- Rear tyre
- Front wheel tires: 195/50 R16 Rear wheel tires: 225/45 R17
Cold-weather range, heat pump and charging are treated as core data, not secondary notes.
Battery chemistry, supplier and architecture are visible next to the normal buying numbers.
Derived values are labelled, so raw data and computed signals stay easy to separate.