{"id":91533,"date":"2019-06-02T07:22:22","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T14:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/elon-musk-talks-next-gen-tesla-roadster-details-spacex-package-annual-output-and-why-it-matters"},"modified":"2019-06-02T07:22:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T14:22:22","slug":"elon-musk-talks-next-gen-tesla-roadster-details-spacex-package-annual-output-and-why-it-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/elon-musk-talks-next-gen-tesla-roadster-details-spacex-package-annual-output-and-why-it-matters","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk talks next-gen Tesla Roadster details: SpaceX package, annual output, and why it matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/elon-musk-talks-next-gen-tesla-roadster-details-spacex-package-annual-output-and-why-it-matters.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk\u2019s appearance at Tesla owner-enthusiast Ryan McCaffrey\u2019s <em>Ride the Lightning<\/em> podcast revealed a number of new details about the electric car maker\u2019s upcoming halo vehicle, the next-generation Roadster. While addressing the all-electric supercar, Musk discussed the vehicle\u2019s estimated yearly production numbers, its purpose, and some details about its \u201cSpaceX package.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ever the candid interviewee, Musk admitted that the next-generation Roadster is really more like a dessert to the Model S, 3, X, and Y\u2019s main course, in the way that its existence will probably not provide much of an impact to Tesla\u2019s overall mission of accelerating the world\u2019s transition to sustainable energy. Nevertheless, the Roadster still has a lot of merits, in the way that it could establish the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/tesla-next-gen-roadster-battery-update-range-supercars\/\">superiority of pure electric propulsion<\/a> compared to the internal combustion engine, bar none.<\/p>\n<p>Musk noted that the Roadster is intended to outperform the best \u201cFerraris, Lamborghinis, and McLarens\u201d on every dimension, on every level, including the track, thereby erasing the halo effect of gas cars. \u201cWe\u2019re going to do things with the new Roadster that are kind of <em>unfair<\/em> to other cars. (It\u2019s) <em>crushingly good<\/em> relative to the next best gasoline sports car,\u201d Musk said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/tesla-next-gen-roadster-production-spacex-package-details-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\">Read more<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk\u2019s appearance at Tesla owner-enthusiast Ryan McCaffrey\u2019s Ride the Lightning podcast revealed a number of new details about the electric car maker\u2019s upcoming halo vehicle, the next-generation Roadster. While addressing the all-electric supercar, Musk discussed the vehicle\u2019s estimated yearly production numbers, its purpose, and some details about its \u201cSpaceX package.\u201d Ever the candid interviewee, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2019,1514,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elon-musk","category-space-travel","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}