Elon Musk says the new Tesla Roadster will be unveiled later this year will go from 0-60mph in less than ONE SECOND

Tesla's second-generation Roadster electric sports car will be unveiled in 2024 - and the production-ready two-seater will be astronomically fast, according to Elon Musk.

The US EV-maker's CEO announced on X (formerly Twitter) that the new Roadster will hit 60mph in less than one second.

Musk went on to declare that 'there will never be another car like this' and its incredible acceleration will be 'the least interesting part' of the Roadster. 

(Could the Tesla Roadster be the fastest-accelerating road car of all time?)

He added that it will be developed as part of a Tesla and SpaceX collaboration, with 'production design' completed and unveiled by the end of this year, with the goal of deliveries arriving to customers in 2025.

(The Tesla CEO made a number of bold statements regarding the Roadster 2 in a series of X (formerly Twitter) posts on Wednesday)

(The US EV-maker's CEO announced on X that the team developing the Roadster have 'radically increased design goals' for the sporty electric vehicle)

(The fastest-accelerating production road car on the planet currently is the Rimac Nevera electric hypercar. It can hit 62mph from a standing start in 1.85 seconds - but it costs over £2million)

(Croatia's electric hypercar is so incredibly fast that it holds 23 different accelerating records)

(Musk went on to declare that 'there will never be another car like this' and its incredible acceleration will be 'the least interesting part' of the Roadster)

(With the second-generation Tesla Roadster originally claimed to be priced in the region of £200,000, it would be a tenth of the price of the Rimac Nevera)

Some seven years ago, Musk said it would be able to hit 60mph from a standstill in 1.9 seconds.

He had also claimed it would reach 100mph just 2.3 seconds later and have a top speed of 250mph.

If the Roadster is to achieve the 0-60mph goal set out by Tesla's CEO, it would see the EV take the crown as the world's fastest accelerating road car.

(Tesla CEO Elon Musk pictured during the unveiling of Roadster 2 during a presentation in Hawthorne, California, on 16 November 2017.)

(Back in 2017, Musk had claimed the Roadster 2 would be able to hit 60mph from a standstill in 1.9 seconds)

(Roadster 2 could be delivered to customers in 2025)

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