said 16 Nov 2017
as reportedThe Roadster is scheduled to go into production in 2020.
— Elon Musk, contemporaneous report
Surprise reveal at the Tesla Semi unveil in Hawthorne. $50,000 base reservation, $250,000 for the Founders Series. Wording is GeekWire's, attributing Musk — no recording of the event is archived.
What happened: No Roadster has been delivered. The unveil-to-production timeline has slipped repeatedly — to 2022, 2023, 2024, early 2025 and now a demo promised for August 2026 — with production not expected before 2027 or 2028.
due 31 Dec 2020
GeekWire report of the Tesla Semi / Roadster unveil, Nov 16 2017 · archived