Tesla Roadster
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The Tesla Roadster was the first car produced by Tesla Motors, an electric car company founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. The Roadster was an all-electric sports car that achieved an unprecedented range of 245 miles on a single charge in company tests. It could accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in under four seconds and had a top speed of 125 mph. The car's body was made of carbon fiber, and it produced no tailpipe emissions. Its electric motor was powered by lithium-ion cells, similar to those used in laptop batteries, which could be recharged from a standard electrical outlet. The initial Roadsters were delivered to owners in 2008.12
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FalconThe payload, a Tesla Roadster with a SpaceX space suit buckled into the driver’s seat, was placed into orbit around the Sun. The first operational flight of Falcon Heavy launched on April 11, 2019. A Falcon 9 launched the first private crewed spacecraft, a Dragon carrying astronauts Doug Hurley…
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