As its CEO Elon Musk said during Tesla’s Q1 2022 earnings announcement this week, In this year 2024, we will already have a robot taxi on the market.
It seems fantastic to develop, build and test these fully autonomous vehicles in just 2 years. but for Musk more than enough. “I think this could be a very powerful product and we aim to go into mass production in 2024.”Musk said, adding later “I think robotaxis is really going to be a big growth engine for Tesla.”
And that’s what the mogul has been dreaming of for years about this new car that enters into direct competition with others that have developed over the years, like Alphabet Waymo, Argo AI, Aurora, a subsidiary of GM Cruise, Motional and Zoox, which is engaged in self-driving driving.
Musk’s promise to turn the Tesla cars people own today into their own robot taxis has long been on track with an updated, advanced assistance system called full self-driving software that currently costs $12,000.
“In order to sell full self-driving driving, you have to solve real artificial intelligence, which no one has solved. The entire road system is built for neural networks and biological eyes. networks and cameras, and I think we will achieve this this year”Musk explains.
And it’s that it’s not the only project he’s dreamed of for a while. During that meeting, the executive explained that he is still working on his Optimus robot, which he expects to do day-to-day tasks like shopping. The market entry date is estimated at 2023.
“I was surprised that people didn’t realize the scope of the Optimus robot program,” Musk said at a press conference Wednesday. “The importance of Optimus will become clear in the coming years. Those who are interested or watching, listening carefully, will understand that Optimus will ultimately be worth more than the car business, more than FSD.”he explained.
All this sounds very good, but the idea that Tesla will be able to bring such a robot to the market in the near future, or that we will already have completely independent taxis at our disposal in 2024, it seems unreal.
Source: Computer Hoy
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