InsideEVs was the first to report that, at Tesla’s shareholder meeting on November 6, Elon Musk said the production-spec Roadster would be shown off on April 1, 2026. The Roadster will be made 12 to 18 months after Musk’s promises, if Tesla keeps its word. InsideEVs says that Musk also said that Tesla would start making the self-driving Cybercab robot car at the Gigafactory Texas in April. In 2019, Tesla will finally show off the second-generation Tesla Roadster, ready for production. This comes after eight years of empty promises and boasts. At yesterday’s shareholder meeting, Tesla CEO Elon Musk mentioned that the company is “tentatively targeting April 1” for the unveiling — though his statements aren’t always reliable. We have good reason to doubt them. Musk has said the Roadster will be shown off almost every year since he unveiled the prototype in 2017. One time, in February 2024, he said something that was obviously not true: that it would be presented by the end of the year and deliveries would start in 2025. Musk’s claim that he is saving the reveal date for “some deniability” on April Fools’ Day makes people less likely to trust him. “The Roadster will be quite different from the version previously displayed,” the CEO stated. “It will be the most exciting demo of any product, whether it works or not. “It’s unclear what Musk intends to convey when he claims his technology is “even crazier” than the gadgets featured in James Bond films. He first said that the Roadster might be able to fly in 2018 as part of a plan with his rocket company, SpaceX. The wait is not over, even if the Roadster is shown off on April 1.Musk said that the electric sports car would be in production 12 to 18 months after it was shown off, so he has plenty of time to push it back again. Additionally, Musk said yesterday that Tesla will start making the innovative Cybercab in April 2026. He said that Tesla’s Gigafactory in Texas will build the self-driving pod. The company wants it to be fully self-driving, with no steering wheel or pedals. A Tesla employee recently remarked, “If we’re required to include a steering wheel, the vehicle can feature both a wheel and pedals.” However, this could be subject to change depending on government regulations. At the shareholder meeting, Musk said some bold things about Cybercab production. He said that the building process is “closer to a high-volume consumer electronics device than a car manufacturing line. “The new method involves building each part of the car separately before putting them all together. He said that this would let Tesla build a Cybercab every ten seconds, which could add up to 5 million cars a year. We’re keeping a good amount of doubt in mind as Musk talks about his Roadster.
