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Tesla is pushing back the reveal of its redesigned, second-generation Roadster once again, this time due to a forecast of severe weather.<\/p>\n
Originally slated for October 1 in Waco, Texas, the event is being pushed to October 15, Tesla said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been tracking the weather closely with local meteorologists, but given the severe conditions predicted & because this event can only be held outdoors, we\u2019ve made the difficult decision to reschedule,\u201d the company wrote<\/a> in a post on X. <\/p>\n The event presumably needs to be held outdoors because Tesla has been working on integrating cold gas thrusters from SpaceX that are supposed to make the Roadster fly in some capacity.<\/p>\n This reveal has been delayed many times before, and Musk has pushed it for months altogether before this scheduled date. At one point, Musk even planned to hold the event on April Fools\u2019 day of this year<\/a>. He said during Tesla\u2019s annual meeting in 2025 \u2014 the same one where he was awarded a $1 trillion pay package \u2014 that an April Fools\u2019 day event would offer him \u201csome deniability\u201d if it got delayed again.<\/p>\n \u201cLike, I could say I was just kidding,\u201d he said at the time.<\/p>\n Tesla first showed off its concept of a second-generation Roadster in 2017 at an event where it debuted the Semi, the company\u2019s electric big rig. The new-look roadster was supposed to be the first supercar the company designed from the ground up, as the original Roadster, which got the company its start in the early 2010s, was largely based on the Lotus Elise.<\/p>\n At the time, Tesla promised the new Roadster was just a few years away. It collected $50,000 deposits from prospective customers of the car, which had an estimated base price of around $200,000. Some people even paid the company $250,000 to reserve one of 1,000 \u201cFounders Series\u201d versions of the supercar.<\/p>\n The project languished for years, until Musk reportedly tasked the Tesla team with redesigning the second-generation Roadster, and committed to the idea of using the SpaceX thrusters. <\/p>\n The promise of something outrageous like a flying car hasn\u2019t been enough to tame critics of Musk and Tesla. Last year, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman<\/a> wrote on X that \u201c7.5 years has felt like a long time to wait\u201d for his own new Roadster, though Musk claimed Altman had gotten a refund.<\/p>\n Much like the Roadster will be at this event, the ship date for the vehicle is up in the air. Musk himself has said he expects it to take a year or more before the new Roadster goes into production after it is finally revealed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission<\/a>. This doesn\u2019t affect our editorial independence.<\/em><\/p>\n