It’s baffling to think about how it’s been more than 2 decades since EVs actually entered the mainstream. Here’s a factoid – Tesla was founded in 2003 and acquired in 2004 by Elon Musk (contrary to popular belief, Musk isn’t the founder of Tesla). The first Tesla car was launched in 2008, just a year after the first iPhone. Pretty incredible, huh?

To celebrate over 20 years of mainstream electrification, Tesla just released a limited edition Speedform Set of all the cars they’ve sold. The set features a gold miniaturized lineup of every car from the first Roadster to the Cybertruck, made to look like a ‘speedform’ or an abstract sculptural version of the car, in automotive design parlance. The Speedform Set features 7 cars, with the year that each of them launched etched onto the baseplate, and costs $250.

Designer: Tesla

Speedforms are usually created in the design stage, to quickly test out proportions, aesthetics, and overall fluidity. They don’t go through any meticulous engineering. Automotive Designers just make rough sketches and then convert them into 3D models to gauge what a car ‘could’ look like. They’re made to a tiny scale, often the size of tabletop models barely a couple of inches wide. These Tesla models have the exact same proportion and level of detail.

The $250 kit comes with the 7 cars that Tesla is currently retailing. It starts with the 2008 Roadster (v1), going up to the S3XY models, and finally the Tesla Semi and the Cybertruck. The Model 3 speedform even has the gullwing style open doors for added detail. Notably, the Roadster V2 is still missing in action, even though it was announced nearly 8 years ago. Even though just recently announced, the Robotaxis haven’t made it to the set yet, although it does make sense considering they’re still concepts that are open to refinement.

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