Tesla Roadster can now travel twice the distance without recharging

Ilon Musk once again pleases with news about Tesla Roadster. Now the electric car can travel twice as much as before, without recharging. We are talking about as much as 650 kilometers - that is enough to get from San Francisco to Losangeles. This is even more than the flagship model of an electric vehicle, the Tesla Model S, can travel without recharging.

Tesla Roadster was announced in 2008, and since then it has been somewhat eclipsed by the new model, the Model S. Apparently, now the Tesla Roadster may once again become the most popular model of the electric vehicle - after all, 650 kilometers without recharging is enough for all this is a very significant achievement.
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Details about how and why the electric car can now travel twice as far as possible, Ilon Musk promised to provide tomorrow. As for the Model S, then this model will be updated later, when exactly, Musk does not report:

Should mention the Model S, but * it * obviously * will * happen long-term.

- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 26, 2014

Tesla is generally happy now with good news. So, a couple of months ago, the company announced a significant expansion of its network of electric filling stations, as well as cooperation with BMW in the area of ​​unified electro-gas stations.

In addition, an experimental station for the replacement of batteries of electric vehicles is now open, and the replacement time is about 3 minutes (with a further decrease to a minute), and the replacement cost is approximately equal to the cost of filling the tank of a car with a gasoline engine.