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Watch the newest model of high-end electric vehicle tear up the track during a test drive. For all of its hype, perennial electric vehicle startup Tesla Motors just has two models to speak of: the ultra-expensive Roadster sportscar, and the less pricey (but still sleek) Model S sedan

Even though it's off the market, Tesla tells us they haven't given up on electric-powered speed machines. "The Roadster proved that EVs can outperform traditional combustion vehicles while producing zero emissions," says Tesla's Khobi Brooklyn. Say what you will about perennial electric vehicle startup Tesla Motors --the Roadster convertible changed the mainstream perception of EVs from clunky golf carts to sleek vehicles that can actually be driven on highways

Sometimes history repeats itself. In 1954, the Mercedes-Benz 300SL—affectionately referred to as the Gullwing—was built by the German automaker as a production car with one peculiar feature: its doors lifted toward the sky. A few years later, Mercedes released the 300SL Roadster, which was essentially the same car, sans the ...

To press the "accelerator" on a Tesla Roadster 2.5 is to get an intimation of life as a race car driver. In perhaps the signature display of an electric car's appeal to gearheads, the Roadster instantly applies more than 300 amps of electric current to deliver 288 horsepower worth of acceleration--it's called instant torque, 273 pound-feet of it to be specific, and it's something that fossil fuel engines cannot provide due to the demands of combustion. That allows even an unprofessional driver to go from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in seconds

Once upon a time, people didn't camp outside the local Apple Store just to sneak a peek at a jumbo iPhone (we're talking about you, iPad).