In a stunning flip of occasions, Elon Musk introduced that Tesla will introduce its much-awaited Robotaxi on August 8, 2024. Interestingly, Musk has a unending want to introduce extra self-driving autos; nonetheless, his dream has not been fulfilled.
Now, the billionaire has introduced his plans for Robotaxi on his self-owned platform. He merely wrote on X, “Tesla Robotaxi unveil on 8/8,” and didn’t give additional particulars in regards to the product.
Moreover, Musk has all the time been fairly vocal about his plan for a automotive that requires no human management. Not way back, he shared a tweet about automobiles with full self-driving options.
He wrote,
(*8*)Most folks nonetheless do not know how crushingly good Tesla FSD will get.
It might be superhuman to such a level that it’ll appear unusual sooner or later that people drove automobiles, even whereas exhausted and drunk!
Cars will take you the place you need routinely, identical to getting in an…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 29, 2024
In April 2019, Musk first mentioned his imaginative and prescient for Robotaxis and revealed that Tesla expects to start out its operation in 2020. Clearly, it didn’t occur.
However, Musk had additionally shared his unpredictable timetable. He stated,
Only criticism, and it’s a good one, [is that] typically I’m behind schedule.
But I get it finished, and the Tesla staff will get it finished,
Several studies counsel that the Robotaxi information was shared with the workers in February of this 12 months, they usually had been ordered to shift their whole focus to Robotaxis. This additionally led to a lower within the manufacturing quantity of entry-level autos.
After Elon Musk’s tweet on April 6, 2024, his firm’s shares elevated by greater than 3%. Notably, Tesla’s shares dropped considerably within the final quarter due to the continuously rising competitors.