Tesla’s next Roadster will be built at Gigafactory Texas, according to remarks from company executives Lars Moravy and Franz von Holzhausen on Ryan McCaffrey’s Ride the Lightning podcast.
Moravy said Tesla has begun early planning for Roadster production in Texas and said more pieces will start to fall into place over the next few months. The comments came during a podcast appearance that also featured von Holzhausen, Tesla’s chief designer.
The new Tesla Roadster will officially be built in Texas, according to a new @DMC_Ryan interview with Lars and Franz:
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) May 24, 2026
“We can say it’s going to be built in Texas. We’ve made first plans on that and you start to see a lot of things start to unfold in the next months.” https://t.co/33DZ5C47Fr pic.twitter.com/oPsyWbIK4T
That is the most direct public signal yet that Tesla is moving the project forward at Giga Texas. The company has not issued a formal standalone announcement, but the remarks from two senior executives carry weight.
Giga Texas is already one of Tesla’s main U.S. factories. It builds the Model Y and Cybertruck, and it sits at the center of Tesla’s newer manufacturing setup in Austin.
The site also ties into Tesla’s 4680 cell and structural battery pack work. That matters for a low-volume performance car like the Roadster, since the company can slot the program into a factory that already handles newer platform and battery systems.
Earlier plans pointed elsewhere
Tesla’s Roadster path has changed over time. In 2020, Musk had pointed to California as the likely production base, and Fremont was viewed as the natural fit for the car at the time. Since then, Tesla’s product lineup and factory plans have shifted, and Texas has taken on more of the company’s future work.
That shift is not hard to see. Cybertruck is in Texas, Model Y is in Texas, and Tesla has tied more next-gen programs to the Austin site. Roadster now appears to be part of that same plan.
The production site news does not give the Roadster a launch date. Tesla has pushed the car back many times, and recent reports still place reveal and production milestones ahead of customer deliveries. Musk has recently said a Roadster debut could come soon, but that is still separate from actual production.
Tesla’s own Roadster page still lists the long-promised performance figures: 0-60 mph in 1.9 seconds, more than 250 mph top speed, up to 620 miles of range, and seating for four. Those numbers have stayed in place for years, and the production version has yet to reach buyers.
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