Absolute Gadget

Electric car maker Tesla is to launch a right-hand drive version of its Roadster in 2010, the US company confirmed.

The electric car is significantly different from its electric brethren as it looks really good and does 0-60 in less than four seconds. It also can do around 200 miles before needing a charge.

Left-hand drive model can already be snapped up in the UK for about £90,000 but  company owner Elon Musk announced the new UK version as he opened the company's first European dealership in Kensington, London.

He said that Europe "had the potential to become a huge market for Tesla, bigger even than the US".

In the showroom the company also launched the speedier Tesla Roadster Sport. The company is also developing its Model S electric saloon, which is confirmed as back on track for the end of 2011.

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