The Tesla Roadster is finally here

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At a time when electric vehicle sales are at rock bottom, next week, Tesla will start selling its long-awaited supercar, the Roadster. But you can't buy one unless you gave Tesla $250,000 back in 2017 for the privilege of standing in line for almost a decade. I'm Kim Komando for HeyPolo. Know where your people are, where they've been, and the best part, they don't sell your data. Get a free 14-day trial now at heypolo.com/kim. Here's what Tesla promises in its Roadster, a sleek supercar that looks almost like a Fisker, if you remember those. The Tesla Roadster promises to 60 in 1.9 seconds to 104.2 seconds, a quarter mile in 8.8 seconds, 600 miles on a single charge, and a top speed of 250 miles an hour. Wow, 170 over the highest speed limit allowed in America. Add autopilot and things could go south fast. Get my free newsletter, get kim.com.

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Tesla's long-awaited Roadster is finally becoming a reality. And on the show, Kim and Andrew have been keeping up with everything else happening in the car world from a tech angle, from this hovering supercar to Ferrari's very first EV.

That conversation is right after this break.

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Go right now while you're thinking about it. buyraycon.com/kim. This message is brought to you by Raycon. Do you remember the Roadster?

Elon showed it in 2017

It went up in the sky. That guy still sitting there, probably driving around in space.

SPEAKER_1 (3:00)

Where is he?

Kim Komando (3:02)

You can actually look it up. There's some place online where you can say, where is the Tesla Roadster?

Andrew (3:06)

Is it in orbit or is it just going out?

Kim Komando (3:09)

It's in orbit.

SPEAKER_1 (3:09)

Okay.

Kim Komando (3:10)

It's in orbit. So you could actually buy a Roadster when he released it, and then people put down 50 grand as a deposit.

Andrew (3:17)

The Tesla Roadster is actually going to come out?

Kim Komando (3:19)

Yes.

Looks kind of like a cyber truck a little bit. SpaceX cold gas thrusters are on the back. You know what that means?

Andrew (3:29)

Nope.

Kim Komando (3:29)

Zero to 60 in under two seconds. Wow.

Andrew (3:33)

And it's all electric?

Kim Komando (3:35)

Under one second. Elon promised that it would fly, and it's been scaled down to just a brief hover.

Andrew (3:41)

It hovers?

Kim Komando (3:41)

Yeah.

Andrew (3:42)

No. This car hovers?

Kim Komando (3:46)

They say the car isn't yet street legal because nobody's inside because the thrusters are just too loud.

Andrew (3:52)

Okay.

All right. So this isn't something we're going to be able to buy. I want to see this hover car.

Kim Komando (3:58)

Speaking of GM, they have the 2027 Silverado and Sierra. They're bringing back the big V8s.

SPEAKER_1 (4:04)

Okay, good.

Kim Komando (4:04)

Because people are getting tired of the EVs.

The fine print. This is what I thought was interesting. No oil dipstick.

SPEAKER_1 (4:12)

How do you check your oil?

Kim Komando (4:13)

You check your oil on the touch screen.

GM says you don't really need it anymore. And fans are saying it's a 50 cent part on 600,000 trucks. We'll do the math. I always like to check the oil on a car. It makes me feel like I'm a mechanic.