Vehicle

Roadster (first generation)

Roadster (first generation) was discontinued in Jan 2012, 3 years, 11 months after it launched in Feb 2008.

Launched Feb 2008 Killed Jan 2012 Lived 3 years, 11 months Dead 14 years ago

A Lotus Elise with 6,831 laptop cells in the back. Only 2,450 were built before Tesla's supply of Elise gliders ran out, but it was the existence proof the whole company was built on.

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