The Tesla Roadster reveal is underway. After a two-week weather delay, Tesla has begun unveiling the second generation of its sports car at SpaceX's rocket test facility in McGregor, Texas — an event staged at a site tied to the automaker's sister company.
The original Tesla Roadster debuted 20 years ago, and nine years ago Elon Musk announced that Tesla was building a second-generation Roadster. In the years since — a span that has included the election of two U.S. presidents — Musk launched the "Starman" mannequin into space using the Roadster 2.0 concept.
What Tesla has said
Musk has promised that the event will deliver "some crazy stuff." The outlet said it would keep its coverage updated throughout the evening with details from Tesla's live event, and described the story as developing as it unfolds.
The outlet framed the central question of the night bluntly: whether the unveiling is a prelude to another decade of broken promises, or the moment a car finally appears.
Tesla staged the reveal on SpaceX ground rather than at a conventional automotive venue, an arrangement that links the carmaker to its sister company.
Because the presentation was still in progress, the full scope of what Tesla intended to show — and how closely it would match the second-generation car Musk has discussed for nearly a decade — remained to be seen.