[Jim Doran]

https://blog.caranddriver.com/new-te...20-mile-range/

I guess we all sort of new this was coming, granted for $200k, you could build alot more. My initial reaction was ain't no way this will be a self driving autonomous car, so from that PoV it is a good thing.

Zero to 60 mph could take as little as a mind-bending 1.9 seconds, Musk said, with *zero to 100 mph being accomplished in just 4.2. The claimed quarter-mile time of 8.8 seconds is just as hard to fathom as the top speed of more than 250 mph. “This is the base model,” he said, without providing any hints of what other versions the company might have planned.

Three electric motors the car will use, except that they will provide 7376 lb-ft of torque at the wheels, thanks to torque-multiplying effects of a transmission and at least one differential. That’s an astronomical number but, for context, a Dodge Challenger SRT Demon delivers more than 10,000 lb-ft to the wheels in first gear. With a top speed of more than 250 mph, there is a decent chance that the Tesla will have a multispeed transmission

One motor will drive the Roadster’s front axle and two will power the back, which means it will be all-wheel drive. Musk also asserted that this new Roadster will be the first production car to hit 60 in less than two seconds or cover a quarter-mile in less than nine. The car’s capacious 200.0-kWh battery pack was also touted, enabling, it was claimed, a massive 620 miles of highway range. “Driving a gasoline sports car is going to feel like a steam engine with a side of quiche,” said Musk.