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VIDEO: Tesla Roadster vs Tesla Roadster at the drags

We now know that electric cars can be fast, that much is for certain. The next logical question, then, is just how fast are they? The record for an electric car in the NEDRA street production, 349 nominal volts and above class currently sits at 12.643 seconds at 102.89 miles per hour, set by Scotty Pollachek driving the first 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport delivered to a customer. That's seriously fast. Happily, that event was caught on tape along with a ton more images and videos from Pacific Raceways near Seattle. A total of five Tesla ... Read more →

Breaking News: Electric cars can be fast Jeremy Korzeniewski

If there's any one area that Tesla Motors seems to have succeeded above all others with its first electric car, the Roadster, it's changing perceptions about what an EV is all about. After all, ...

A first-hand account: Drag racing the Tesla Roadster Jeremy Korzeniewski

The man behind the wheel of the bright orange Tesla that was spotted at Infineon Raceway whilst it was setting an impressively quick 12.7 second quarter-mile time has written about the event. As you ...

More on the Tesla Roadster's public drag racing debut Sam Abuelsamid

With all the bad news around Tesla lately, you might want to hear something positive for a change. We told you last week about a Roadster heading out to the Wednesday night drags at Infineon Raceway. ...

Tesla Roadster goes to the drags, does a 12.7 second quarter mile Jeremy Korzeniewski

There's no doubt that the Tesla Roadster is a fine performance car. We've driven one (actually, two) and are therefore qualified to say that it's one mean green machine. The acceleration of an ...

VIDEO: Tesla Roadster vs Tesla Roadster at the drags 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

We now know that electric cars can be fast, that much is for certain. The next logical question, then, is just how fast are they? The record for an electric car in the NEDRA street production, 349 nominal volts and above class currently sits at 12.643 seconds at 102.89 miles per hour, set by ...

Breaking News: Electric cars can be fast 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

If there's any one area that Tesla Motors seems to have succeeded above all others with its first electric car, the Roadster, it's changing perceptions about what an EV is all about. After all, electric vehicles have been around for a hundred years or more. Still, tell someone who's not aware of ...

A first-hand account: Drag racing the Tesla Roadster 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The man behind the wheel of the bright orange Tesla that was spotted at Infineon Raceway whilst it was setting an impressively quick 12.7 second quarter-mile time has written about the event. As you might imagine, Iain Morrison, a Test and Validation Engineer at the fledgling automaker, had quite a ...

More on the Tesla Roadster's public drag racing debut 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

With all the bad news around Tesla lately, you might want to hear something positive for a change. We told you last week about a Roadster heading out to the Wednesday night drags at Infineon Raceway. The orange Roadster recorded a pretty respectable elapsed time of 12.757 seconds over the quarter ...

Tesla Roadster goes to the drags, does a 12.7 second quarter mile 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

There's no doubt that the Tesla Roadster is a fine performance car. We've driven one (actually, two) and are therefore qualified to say that it's one mean green machine. The acceleration of an electric car is something truly inspiring to witness, with its torque coming on strong right when the ...


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