WITH ITS FIRST UK dealership opening late last month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s announcement that the 2011 Tesla Roadster will be available in right-hand-drive comes as little surprise.
Speaking with the press recently, Musk said that, aside from the UK, Tesla considers other right-hand-drive countries such as Japan, India and Australia as significant markets for the electric car manufacturer.
Musk said that the cost of converting the Roadster to right-hand-drive were not prohibitive (thanks to an electric drivetrain less complicated than that of a traditional combustion-engined car), and that the 2011 range would include a Sports version developing more power than the current Roadster.
The Roadster’s Lotus Elise origins - originally a right-hand-drive car itself - should also make the conversion easier.
For now, there is but one Tesla Roadster on Australian roads, owned by internet service provider Internode CEO Simon Hackett.
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If Musk really wants Tesla to succeed in Australia, he better bring the Tesla S onshore as well … brilliant looking electric car
Tesla S FTW. Nice cars, but we need em cheaper than what they are now. If you could pick one of these up for sub $50k + govt rebates (for elec cars), then they’ll sell like hot cakes
lol, horrible photo shop on those rims in the 1st pic..