2009年10月27日,Roadster在澳大利亚举行的全球绿色汽车挑战赛(Global Green Challenge)中创造了单次充电行驶311英里(501公里)的量产电动车续航里程世界纪录,当时的平均车速为25 mph(40 km/h) 。[14][15]2010年,前F1车手埃里克·科马斯(英语:Érik Comas)驾驶Roadster在为期三天、近620英里(1,000公里)的蒙特卡洛替代能源汽车拉力赛(Monte Carlo Alternative Energy Rally)中击败其他96名参赛者夺冠,使Roadster成为了首辆夺得该项赛事冠军的电动车,同时也是首辆获得国际汽联承认赛事冠军的电动车。[16]
^Shahan, Zachary. Electric Car Evolution. Clean Technica. 2015-04-26 [2016-09-08]. (原始内容存档于2016-09-18).2008: The Tesla Roadster becomes the first production electric vehicle to use lithium-ion battery cells as well as the first production electric vehicle to have a range of over 200 miles on a single charge.
^Woody, Todd. Tesla Hits Accelerator Despite Q2 Revenue Miss. Forbes. 2012-07-25 [2012-07-25]. (原始内容存档于2017-08-02).参数|magazine=与模板{{cite news}}不匹配(建议改用{{cite magazine}}或|newspaper=) (帮助)More than 2,350 units sold through June 2012.
^Roadster Innovations: Motor. Tesla Motors. [2011-02-25]. (原始内容存档于2010-07-04). The Roadster achieves an overall driving efficiency of 88%, about three times the efficiency of a conventional car.
^Tesla unveils the new Roadster. TechCrunch. [2017-11-17]. (原始内容存档于2021-02-04). with speeds of just 1.9 seconds for 0 to 60 4.2 seconds for 0 to 100. It can handle a quarter mile in 8.9 seconds .... its top speed is above 250 mph. and it has a 200 kWh battery pack that offers 630 miles of highway driving range.