Tesla Inc TSLA CEO Elon Musk on Monday explained his decision to make the upcoming Roadster faster than the company’s Model S sports sedan on the heels of a report that his team was made aware of the vehicle’s new specs only from his post.
What Happened: “It would also obviously be ridiculous for the Roadster to achieve simply the same 0-60mph time as Model S, even though it is a 2-door fully performance-oriented vehicle,” Musk wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
The upcoming Tesla Roadster, Musk said in February, can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in less than 1 second, lower than the company’s initial estimate of 1.9 seconds. Tesla’s Model S Plaid, meanwhile, can achieve the same speed in 2.1 seconds.
Musk was responding to an exclusive report from The Information which said that employees at the company were made aware of the new specifications on the Roadster only from Musk’s tweet.
“The [Wrong] Information,” Musk wrote…
