Electric sports car maker Tesla Motors announces that the 2008 Tesla Roadster is finally going into regular production.

California green cars startup Tesla Motors introduced the Roadster for the first time in July 2006.
The 2008 model year is already sold out and Tesla is currently taking reservations for the 2009 model year Tesla Roadster.
To date, over 900 Tesla Roadsters have been reserved in total.
Tesla still plans introduce a five passenger sports sedan, in 2010, dubbed Whitestar.

More details about the status of Tesla can be found on the Tesla Motors blog, where Ze'ev Drori, President and CEO, goes into more details.