From 0 to 60 in under 4 seconds

IT’S safe to say Jeremy Snyder gets a charge out of the two-seat Tesla Roadster whenever he pulls one off the lot — and not because it’s equipped with an all-electric engine.

As he pulled one of the sleek new automobiles down a side street and put the pedal to the metal, its lithium-ion battery-powered engine didn’t give off sparks.

It just emitted a powerful hum, something like a much quieter version of a jet taking off.