Why do you say that? They are going into full production right now.
All the 2008 are sold but 2009 is not full yet.
Employee Bloodbath at Tesla Motors
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952798/posts
Posted on 01/12/2008
Tesla may begin delivering Roadsters with temporary transmissions[will fail in a few thousand miles]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1943844/posts
Posted on 12/24/2007
I say it because it remains a pipe dream. The company lust let go about 25 people (for underperformance.) Mostly execs and development heads - esp those in charge of the transmission. When the first cars ship (supposedly this summer, but more likely in 2009) they will have an ‘interim’ transmission that Tesla will replace for free, assuming they aren’t bankrupt at some later date. The interim transmission will get the vehicle form 0-60 in about 6.5 seconds - well slower than the “sub-4 seconds” touted, and well slower than the ‘vette.
Besides the new 2009 ZR1 (available later this summer to the lucky 2000 or so) will list about the same as the Tesla, and it’ll blow away even the Tesla fantasy car.