Tesla released its first model, the Tesla Roadster, in early 2008 and has since delivered over 2, 350 units around the world.

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Tesla Motors, maker of the plug-in Tesla roadster and the new Model S sedan, still standing.

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That's not the case with the Tesla Model S. It comes not long after the retirement of the Tesla Roadster, a car we thoroughly enjoyed but found a bit too raw, a bit too rough around the edges for general consumption.

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