By January Tesla had raised $187 million and delivered 147 Roadsters, and the 500th followed by the end of May. The Model S prototype debuted on March 26, Daimler bought a stake of under 10% in May, and in June Tesla was approved for US$465 million in Department of Energy loans. Tesla also recalled 345 Roadsters, opened its first European store in London and reported its first monthly profit in July 2009.
Bis Januar hatte Tesla 187 Mio. US-Dollar eingesammelt und 147 Roadster ausgeliefert, Ende Mai folgte der 500. Am 26. März wurde der Prototyp des Model S gezeigt, im Mai erwarb Daimler einen Anteil von unter 10 %, und im Juni wurden Tesla Kredite des US-Energieministeriums über 465 Mio. US-Dollar bewilligt. Außerdem rief Tesla 345 Roadster zurück, eröffnete in London den ersten Store in Europa und meldete im Juli 2009 erstmals einen Monatsgewinn.
En enero Tesla había captado 187 millones de dólares y entregado 147 Roadster, y a finales de mayo llegó el número 500. El prototipo del Model S debutó el 26 de marzo, Daimler compró en mayo una participación inferior al 10 % y en junio se aprobaron para Tesla préstamos del Departamento de Energía por 465 millones de dólares. Tesla también llamó a revisión 345 Roadster, abrió su primera tienda europea en Londres y logró su primer beneficio mensual en julio de 2009.
En janvier, Tesla avait levé 187 millions de dollars et livré 147 Roadster ; le 500e a suivi fin mai. Le prototype de la Model S a été présenté le 26 mars, Daimler a acquis en mai une participation inférieure à 10 % et, en juin, Tesla a obtenu l'accord pour 465 millions de dollars de prêts du ministère américain de l'Énergie. Tesla a aussi rappelé 345 Roadster, ouvert son premier magasin européen à Londres et dégagé son premier bénéfice mensuel en juillet 2009.
截至 1 月，特斯拉已融资 1.87 亿美元并交付 147 辆 Roadster，5 月底交付第 500 辆。Model S 原型车于 3 月 26 日亮相，戴姆勒于 5 月收购了不到 10% 的股份，6 月特斯拉获批美国能源部 4.65 亿美元贷款。特斯拉还召回了 345 辆 Roadster，在伦敦开设了首家欧洲门店，并于 2009 年 7 月首次实现月度盈利。
In December 2009, The Wall Street Journal editor Joseph White conducted an extended test-drive and determined that "you can have enormous fun within the legal speed limit as you whoosh around unsuspecting Camry drivers, zapping from 40 to 60 miles per hour in two seconds while the startled victims eat your electric dust".
In December 2009, Motor Trend was the first to independently confirm the Roadster Sport's reported 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) time of 3.7 seconds. ( Motor Trend recorded 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) of 3.70 seconds; it recorded a quarter-mile test at 12.6 sec at 102.6 mph (165.1 km/h).) Engineering editor Kim Reynolds called the acceleration "breathtaking" and said the car confirms "Tesla as an actual car company....Tesla is the first maker to crack the EV legitimacy barrier in a century".
The world distance record of 501 km (311 mi) for a production electric car on a single charge was set by a Roadster on October 27, 2009, during the Global Green Challenge in outback Australia, in which it averaged a speed of 25 mph (40 km/h).
A lawsuit settlement agreed to by Eberhard and Tesla in September 2009 allows all five (Eberhard, Tarpenning, Wright, Musk and Straubel) to call themselves co-founders.
A lawsuit settlement agreed to by Eberhard and Tesla in September 2009 allows all five – Eberhard, Tarpenning, Wright, Musk, and Straubel – to call themselves co-founders.
Tesla announced in early August 2009 that Roadster sales had resulted in overall corporate profitability for the month of July 2009, earning US$1 million on revenue of US$20 million.
On July 13, 2009, Daimler sold 40% of its acquisition to Aabar, an investment company controlled by the International Petroleum Investment Company owned by the government of Abu Dhabi.
Scotty Pollacheck, a high-performance driver for Killacycle, drove a 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport at the Wayland Invitational Drag Race in Portland, Oregon, in July 2009.
Tesla said in February 2009 that the ESS had expected life span of seven years/100,000 mi (160,000 km), and began selling pre-purchase battery replacements for about one third of the battery's price today, with the replacement to be delivered after seven years.
In February 2009, automotive critic Dan Neil of the Los Angeles Times called the production Tesla Roadster "a superb piece of machinery: stiff, well sorted, highly focused, dead-sexy and eerily quick".
In 2009, Roadster reservation holders who had already placed deposits up to US$50,000 (~$70,845 in 2024) to lock in their orders were informed that their orders had been unlocked and that they had to re-option their ordered vehicles on the threat of losing their spot on the orders list.
By 2009, solar panels it had installed were capable of generating 440 megawatts (MW) of power. [ failed verification ] In 2011, the company launched their expansion to the East Coast with the acquisition of the solar division of Clean Currents and groSolar.