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Tesla Roadster upgrade: Electric car will go about 400 miles per charge

The Palo Alto, Calif., company said that a new battery, new tires, and other improvements will boost the car's range 40 to 50 percent compared to the original.

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Diarmuid O'Connell, a vice president at Tesla, speaks at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Jan. 14, 2014. Tesla passed on Texas as the site of its new $5 billion battery factory. But the automaker still hopes to sell its electric cars directly to Texans over the Internet, instead of through dealerships, and it is dangling the carrot of future investment projects as an incentive.
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Tesla聽said improvements it is making to its older聽Roadster聽model will let the electric car travel about 400 miles on a single charge.

The Palo Alto, Calif., company said that a new battery, new tires, and other improvements will boost the car's range 40 to 50 percent compared to the original.

Tesla聽plans to demonstrate the higher range with a drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles 鈥� about a 400-mile trip 鈥� early next year.

Tesla聽Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk tweeted about the upgrade Thursday and聽Tesla聽posted more details on its website Friday.

Tesla聽stopped making聽Roadsters聽in 2012, the year it introduced the Model S.

The company said not to expect any major upgrades in the battery or range of its Model S "in the near term." Musk said that upgrade will happen eventually.

The Model S comes with two battery options. The larger battery has a range of 265 miles, according to EPA testing.

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