Posted May 25, 2026 at 6:31 PM UTCATesla’s chief designer says its second-generation Roadster will be built in Texas.During a recent episode of Ryan McCaffrey’s Ride the Lightning podcast, Tesla’s chief designer, Franz von Holzhausen, confirmed its second-gen Roadster (first announced in 2017) will be built in Texas. The company’s vice president of engineering, Lars Moravy, also confirmed that alpha prototypes of the vehicle are currently in testing.Image: TeslaFollow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Andrew Liszewski
Tesla’s chief designer says its second-generation Roadster will be built in Texas.
During a recent episode of Ryan McCaffrey’s Ride the Lightning podcast, Tesla’s chief designer, Franz von Holzhausen, confirmed its second-gen Roadster (first announced in 2017) will be built in Texas. The company’s vice president of engineering, Lars Moravy, also confirmed that alpha prototypes of the vehicle are currently in testing. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/roadster.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]
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