Tesla is still accepting deposits for the Roadster 2, which was supposed to be available in 2020

It would seem that 2020 is long gone, and with it, Tesla's promises to release a new Roadster. However, the company is still accepting deposits for the electric supercar that was unveiled in 2017.

The second-generation Tesla Roadster was supposed to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph (96 km/h) in 1.9 seconds and travel 620 miles (about 1,000 kilometres) on a single charge, but buyers never saw a production model in eight years.

Tesla opened pre-orders immediately after the 2017 unveiling, with the company's website starting to accept "fully refundable" pre-payments for a $200,000 standard model or $250,000 for one of 1,000 "Founder Series" examples.

Oddly enough, all the while Elon Musk's company continues to take money from customers without providing any new information about the release date, final design, features or final price of the Roadster 2. This was brought to the attention of the Carscoops website.

On Tesla's website, you'll be offered a $5,000 down payment and then another $45,000 within 10 days to secure a spot in the queue. That said, no one knows how much the car itself will end up costing - if it ever arrives at all.

In 2017, Musk promised fantastic performance, and then added that the Roadster would get ten miniature rocket engines for acceleration and would even take to the air. Eight years have passed since then, but it's still unclear whether it was just a beautiful dream or the most enduring joke in the history of the auto industry.

Source: Carscoops