{"id":76976,"date":"2009-12-11T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T23:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/11\/tesla-employees-going-on-2-700-mile-road-trip-from-la-to-detroit\/"},"modified":"2009-12-11T18:32:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-11T23:32:00","slug":"tesla-employees-going-on-2700-mile-road-trip-from-la-to-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/76976","title":{"rendered":"Tesla employees going on 2,700 mile road trip from LA to Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tesla Roadster #750 – click above for high res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nAfter delivering some 900 Tesla Roadsters<\/a>, over a dozen employees are taking one on a road trip. Tesla will be back at the Detroit Auto Show<\/a> next month and this time they’re driving there. On Thursday, December 17, 16 Tesla employees will depart from Los Angeles and head across the Southeast toward Texas and then north east to Chicago and Detroit. <\/p>\n

While the the 2,700 mile trip could be completed in a few days in conventional car, it will take two and a half weeks for the Roadster. According to Tesla’s announcement, ”
\nWe are out to prove the Roadster is tough and durable, and that range anxiety is for the weak.<\/em>” While the Roadster may be durable, part of the reason the trip is taking so long is the need to stop and spend several hours recharging every couple of hundred miles. Of course Telsa staff will be using those charging opportunities to show off the car and drum up a few sales. <\/p>\n

Speaking of sales, an anonymous source claiming to have knowledge of the situation tells us that Tesla is currently selling about 20-30 Roadsters a month. New Tesla spokeperson Khobi Brooklyn says the company is currently building about 25 cars a week, but declines to comment on the sales figures.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: Tesla Roadster Road Trip<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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