Tesla’s own Roadster reservation pages are taking money again in three markets this directory covers. The United States form asks for $5,000 on a card today and a $45,000 wire within ten days — $50,000 in total, labelled fully refundable. The United Kingdom form is £4,000 then a £34,000 bank transfer. The UAE form is AED 18,000 then AED 165,000. Tesla’s US copy is blunt about the sequence: “Reservations are not final until the wire transfer payment is received.” That is a deposit for a battery sports car Tesla has not yet priced, specified, or put on sale. It is not a Model 3 order, and it is not a plug-in hybrid.
Electrek reported on 20 September that the US page came back this week, about two weeks before a 1 October reveal near Waco, Texas, and that Tesla says that event will cover pricing, specs, and production targets. TeslaMagz, dated 19 September, describes the same reopen and the same Texas date, and says Tesla is collecting deposits again in the United States, Canada, Europe, and China. Tesla’s live reserve pages confirm US, UK, and UAE money terms; they do not themselves print the Waco date or a production calendar. We have not found a Tesla newsroom release in this run that names 1 October, so that agenda stays labelled as trade press, not as a manufacturer date sheet.
This is the second time Tesla has asked for a $50,000 Roadster hold. Electrek’s 20 September account restates the November 2017 reveal — same headline deposit, a promised 2020 start, and no customer cars delivered from that round. Those 2017 stage figures (Electrek lists 620 miles, a sub-1.9-second 0–60 mph, 250-plus mph, and a $200,000 base price) are historical promises. They are not printed on the 2026 US, UK, or UAE reserve forms we used, and we are not treating them as confirmed production specifications. Tesla has not published a list price, an EPA or WLTP range, or an on-sale date for the United States, the United Kingdom, or the UAE on those pages. Until it does, this stays a reservation story, not a car you can spec next to the Model 3 and Model Y.
Shoppers who want a Tesla they can actually buy should start on the live Tesla hub. The Model 3 (2025) sedan is listed at 75 kWh, 584 km, 250 kW DC, with UAE, United States, and United Kingdom rows marked Available. The Model Y (2025) SUV is 75 kWh, 501 km, 250 kW DC, same three markets Available. Larger battery Teslas already on the directory include the Model S (2025), the Model X (2025), and the Cybertruck (2025). Those are battery cars on the electric list. Tesla does not sell a plug-in hybrid Roadster or Model 3; anyone who wants a petrol backup should use the separate plug-in hybrid list — for example the Golf eHybrid (2026) — and should not call those cars Teslas.
What we are not claiming: that Tesla has released production pricing or range for this Roadster; that the October 1 Waco date is on Tesla’s reserve forms; that 2017 stage numbers are 2026 EPA or WLTP figures; that UAE, UK, or US showrooms have a Roadster to sell; or that Tesla has an on-sale Roadster in the US, UK, or UAE. FAW-Volkswagen’s ID. AURA T6, launched in China on 20 September from 129,900 yuan, is a separate battery SUV story in a market we do not cover. Jetour’s T2 i-DM plug-in hybrid, priced in Malaysia the same day, is likewise outside US, UK, and UAE coverage.
