In 2008 Tesla started production of its first model, the Roadster. And it is precisely the first Tesla Roadster produced (for a customer) that we can see in this video.
The curious thing about this video is that despite having been recorded so many years ago by Jay Leno's Garage, it had never been broadcast.
In it we can see a younger Jay Leno — always dressed in denim — and also a younger Elon Musk, still far from the projection he holds today, despite being considered a visionary at the time. Both lead us to discover what the first Tesla Roadster is.
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A little time travel that shows how much Tesla has grown since then and how much it has contributed to changing perceptions about electric cars. Not far from the comments we've heard from Jay Leno about the first Tesla Roadster, and how it's different from other trams out there.
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