Question: When was the first tesla electric car made?

context: Prototypes of the car were officially revealed to the public on July 19, 2006, in Santa Monica, California, at a 350-person invitation-only event held in Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport.
question: When was the first Tesla electric car prototype revealed to the public?
short_answers: July 19, 2006
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question: When was the first Tesla electric car released to the public?
short_answers: 2007
context: It was featured in "Time" in December 2006 as the recipient of the magazine's "Best Inventions 2006—Transportation Invention" award. The first "Signature One Hundred" set of fully equipped Roadsters sold out in less than three weeks, the second hundred sold out by October 2007 and general production began on March 17, 2008.
question: When did the first Tesla electric car go to general production?
short_answers: March 17, 2008

Answer: The Tesla Roadster is a battery electric vehicle (BEV) sports car, based on the Lotus Elise chassis, that was produced by the electric car firm Tesla Motors (now Tesla, Inc.) in California from 2008 to 2012. Prototypes of the car were officially revealed to the public on July 19, 2006, in Santa Monica, California, at a 350-person invitation-only event held in Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport. The first Tesla electric car was released to the public in 2007. General production began on March 17, 2008.