People who paid $50K to reserve a Roadster would have made bank investing that in Tesla stock instead
Source: Business Insider ·
Tesla is re-revealing the Roadster, nine years after reservation holders forked over $50,000. Here's what an investment in TSLA would have yielded.
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Tesla's Roadster reservation holders could have made a lot more if they had chosen an investment vehicle over an electric vehicle.TeslaTesla first unveiled plans to reboot the high-powered Roadster in 2017. Reservations cost $50,000.The company stock has skyrocketed since the announcement as the Roadster languished in limbo for nearly 9 years.We did some back-of-the-napkin math to find out how much that $50,000 could have yielded if invested in Tesla stock instead.Tesla CEO Elon Musk is about to pull the wraps off the second-generation Roadster — again.It's been nine years since Elon Musk said it would revive the Roadster. Would-be buyers chomped at the bit to grab the two-door, 600-mile-range, high-powered electric car way back in November 2017. They paid either $50,000 to reserve a spot in the car's queue or $250,000 to buy a Founders Series upfront.Roughly nine years later, the car still hasn't entered production. That could change soon, as Tesla is about to unveil the car — now…