Ford boss laughs at Tesla Roadster: “The thing doesn’t exist!”

PR directors aren’t usually that outspoken, but Ford’s Mike Levine is. He is also very active on Twitter, where he is sometimes spicy. As in a reply to a Tesla investor who tweeted about the Tesla Roadster.

“Catch Me If You Can $TSLA,” the man wrote, accompanied by a short video of the Tesla Roadster. To which Ford CEO Levine replied: “Agree! It’s hard to keep track of something that doesn’t exist, no matter how quickly it drains $50,000 from your bank account.”

$50,000 bail on Tesla Roadster

He’s referring to paying $50,000 to reserve a roadster. It’s not clear how many Tesla enthusiasts have done so, but the fact remains that things have been eerily quiet about the electric sports car since 2017.

I agree! It’s hard to catch something that doesn’t exist, no matter how fast it drains $50,000 from your bank account. https://t.co/3mcwE6OcaG

— Mike Levine (@mrlevine) October 19, 2022

Elon Musk promises more than he can deliver

Tesla regularly promises much more than it can deliver. CEO Elon Musk is particularly to blame for this. The Roadster was unveiled on November 16, 2017 and is scheduled to hit the market in 2020. Musk now says 2023, but takes a huge punch in the arm.

400 km/h top speed and 10,000 Nm of torque?

We haven’t heard much about the Roadster in the past five years. According to Tesla, the device will have three electric motors in 2017, a torque of 10,000 Nm, a top speed of 400 km/h and a range of 1000 km. It still sounds incredible.

Tesla Roadster could levitate small parts

Elon Musk didn’t make it any better by claiming the Roadster could levitate in small pieces. According to him, the car will soon be available to order with the SpaceX package. That adds some rockets to the powertrain that work on air pressure.

They are designed to provide even more acceleration, but can also be reversed to help with braking. In fact, according to Musk, they can be rotated in any direction. For shorter turns, but also to be able to hover a meter above the ground. That’s correct…