The 2011 Tesla Roadster is taking orders for the revised Roadster 2.5 now with deliveries to begin soon. The entry price is unchanged at $109,000. Owners of older Roadsters will be able to buy some of the upgrades from Tesla dealerships to retrofit their cars. The electric sports car gets updated with new wheels, more-comfortable seats, and a redesigned front end.The Tesla Roadster is a battery electric vehicle sports car produced by the electric car firm Tesla Motors in California. The Roadster was the first highway-capable all-electric vehicle in serial production available in the United States.The Roadster is the first production automobile to use lithium-ion battery cells and the first production BEV (all-electric) to travel more than 200 miles (320 km) per charge.In March 2010, a Tesla Roadster became the first electric vehicle to win the Monte Carlo Alternative Energy Rally and the first to win any Federation Internationale de l'Automobile-sanctioned championship when a Roadster driven by former Formula One driver Érik Comas beat 96 competitors for range, efficiency and performance in the three-day, nearly 1,000-kilometer (621 mile) challenge.