Following a report final week that mentioned Tesla was delaying its upcoming Robotaxi unveiling occasion, initially scheduled for August 8, CEO Elon Musk has now confirmed the delay, citing an “essential design change.”
After Bloomberg reported that Tesla can be delaying its Robotaxi occasion, Musk chimed in on Monday on X, saying that some “additional time” will let the corporate share just a few different particulars. Whereas Musk didn’t disclose when the brand new occasion can be, he did corroborate the person he was responding to in saying that he “requested what I believe is a vital design change to the entrance.”
Requested what I believe is a vital design change to the entrance, and additional time permits us to point out off just a few different issues
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 15, 2024
Earlier stories prompt that Tesla can be aiming for a rescheduled Robotaxi occasion in October, although it’s not but clear whether or not or not that is correct.
Final week, Musk denied stories that Tesla was tapping Uber founder Travis Kalanick for its Robotaxi group, merely saying that the declare is “false.” The response got here after Musk adopted Kalanick on X in the beginning of the month, stoking hypothesis of some sort of partnership between the 2 events.
Earlier this month, Tesla additionally patented an automated inside sanitation system for the Robotaxi, with many declaring that such a system could possibly be essential for a driverless automobile with a ride-hailing service.
Tesla has additionally beforehand teased its ride-hailing app for the upcoming Robotaxi platform, that includes navigation particulars, local weather controls, and a summon button for ordering a Robotaxi.
The Robotaxi has lengthy been anticipated, and has performed a vital position within the firm’s future expectations for software-level valuation. The system is about to be based mostly on Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) software program, which is at the moment out there to house owners of the corporate’s automobiles as a Supervised, camera-based driving software program.
Finally, FSD is anticipated to get ok at driving that it’ll turn into safer than human drivers, and can finally not require driver supervision. Whereas that is doubtless a few years out, the idea can be behind the Robotaxi, which is finally anticipated to be a wholly driverless ride-hailing platform.
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