Tesla’s “We, Robot” robotaxi event: biggest news and announcements

Musk volition besides stock much details astir the Tesla Network, the company’s autonomous ridehailing work that volition service arsenic a level for Tesla’s autonomous technology.

For years, Musk has been promising that a driverless Tesla conveyance was conscionable “two years away.” Many delays later, Musk volition yet person to amusement fans and investors what he’s been moving on. The “We, Robot” adjacent is simply a referendum connected whether Musk tin present existent self-driving exertion that tin vie with robotaxi companies similar Waymo and Cruise.

Along with the robotaxi, Tesla is expected to supply updates connected its humanoid Optimus robot — aft each the lawsuit is titled “We, Robot,” a notation to Isaac Asimov’s seminal work I, Robot. Tesla mightiness besides amusement one of its enigma vehicles — a van oregon a cheaper car that could vie with China’s increasing affordable EV market.

Whatever Tesla announces astatine the event, you tin find our successful our unrecorded sum below.

• Trump: we’re going to halt autonomous cars.

  In a code successful Detroit, erstwhile President Donald Trump seemed to suggest that helium would “stop [self-driving cars] from operating” if helium was elected successful November. Not precisely the connection his pal Elon Musk wants to perceive connected the eve of his large Tesla robotaxi event successful Hollywood. Maybe Trump’s invitation was mislaid successful the mail.

  
  

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  What to expect astatine Tesla’s ‘We, Robot’ event

  Tesla is astir to uncover its self-driving robotaxi, a purpose-built autonomous conveyance that’s expected to reposition the institution arsenic a person successful AI and robotics.

  The caller robotaxi volition beryllium revealed at Warner Bros. movie studios successful Burbank, California, wherever Tesla has reportedly been collecting caller mapping information successful the lead-up to the event. Tesla has a batch of crushed to screen to beryllium it tin motorboat a driverless conveyance that tin vie with robotaxi rivals similar Waymo and Cruise. And Elon Musk is expected to outline his imaginativeness for the Tesla Network, successful which Tesla owners tin adhd their autonomous vehicles to a robotaxi fleet erstwhile they’re not utilizing them.

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  The measure yet comes owed for Elon Musk

  

  Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Turbosquid

  For astir arsenic agelong arsenic he’s been CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk has been bullshitting america astir self-driving cars. 

  In 2016, helium said Tesla self-driving cars were “two years away.” A twelvemonth later, it was “six months, definitely,” and customers would beryllium capable to really slumber successful their Tesla successful “two years.” In 2018, it was inactive a “year away” and would beryllium “200 percent safer” than quality driving. In 2019, helium said determination would beryllium “feature implicit afloat self-driving this year.” There hasn’t been a twelvemonth spell by without Musk promising the imminent accomplishment of a afloat driverless Tesla. 

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  The Tesla robotaxi sounds small.

  Bloomberg reports that the soon-to-be-unveiled purpose-built driverless conveyance volition person “two beforehand seats and 2 doors that unfastened upward similar butterfly wings,” citing sources familiar. That would quadrate with the concept creation we saw successful Walter Isaacson’s Elon Musk biography. Tesla could besides denote an autonomous van, and Full Self-Driving capabilities for its Semi trucks.

  
  

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  Tesla sends retired “We, Robot” invitations for its robotaxi lawsuit successful October.

  I’m not definite if this counts arsenic Hollywood magic yet, but this is how Tesla’s promoting its robotaxi unveiling event. Elon Musk had announced an August day for the event, but past it was pushed backmost until October 10th.

  The invitations accidental that remarks volition statesman astatine 7PM PT, if you’d similar to wide immoderate clip successful your schedule.

  
  

  

  

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