They Paid $50,000 and Waited Nine Years. Will Tesla’s Roadster Live Up to the Hype?

They Paid $50,000 and Waited Nine Years. Will Tesla’s Roadster Live Up to the Hype? They Paid $50,000 and Waited Nine Years. Will Tesla’s Roadster Live Up to the Hype? · The Wall Street Journal · Agence France-Presse/Getty Image Christopher Otts Wed, October 7, 2026 at 9:43 AM EDT 5 min read TSLA -1.28% Trade Tesla on Coinbase Trading disclosure Trading disclosure The above button links to Coinbase. Yahoo Finance is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and does not offer securities or cryptocurrencies for sale or facilitate trading. Coinbase pays us for certain activity generated through this link. Prices displayed are informational.

Tesla’s new Roadster, due for an Oct. 15 debut, has been almost a decade in the making—$50,000 deposits and all.