Tesla would delay the presentation of its robotaxi

Tesla’s Robotaxi Will Wait a Little Longer than promised. As reported BloombergElon Musk’s company Unmanned vehicle presentation postponedwhich the tycoon originally planned to hold on August 8 next year.

The aforementioned media outlet indicates that the decision was communicated to employees within the company, but not yet publicly. Since Tesla does not have a public relations department, this information is likely to be confirmed or denied by Musk himself via X (Twitter). At the time of publication of the article, the businessman has not yet commented on this issue.

The decision to delay the robotaxi presentation will be aimed at giving Tesla teams more time. so that they could make more prototypes of the car. Although no specific date is mentioned for when this event might take place, the report indicates that it will be somewhere in October.

Very little is known about Tesla’s robotaxis at this point. According to current information, the self-driving car will be based on a next-generation platform that will initially be used in the rumored — and presumably canceled — Model 2 25,000 dollars/euro.

Tesla robotaxis may be shown only in October

The first signs that Tesla was planning to develop its own robotaxi appeared in 2022. However, for quite a long time, the project remained completely silent. In April of this year, Elon Musk announced on X (Twitter) that the car would be officially unveiled on August 8. The news took almost everyone by surprise. Although it was also seen as part of the tycoon’s plan to deny Reuterswhich announced that the Model 2 had been cancelled.

A few days later, Electrek reported that the creation of the cheap car in question had actually been postponed, but its development had been completely stopped. Apparently, Tesla has decided to redirect all resources of this initiative to robotaxis.The media outlets also reported that the Giga Texas expansion, intended for a new production line for the Model 2, had been halted and that a data center dedicated exclusively to robotaxis would be created in its place.

Add to that the company unveiled its own Uber-like transportation service a few months ago for the first time. Musk’s people said the goal is to take advantage of fully autonomous driving and provide the ability to rent a car directly from its app. While the platform will allow Tesla owners to rent their own cars, it will also serve as a starting point for robotaxi implementation.

“We have invested in the hardware and software ecosystems needed to achieve vehicle autonomy and car sharing services. We believe that a scalable and profitable autonomous business can be achieved with a vision-only architecture with end-to-end neural networks trained on billions of miles of real-world data,” the company explained.

We are waiting for official news

There is less than a month left until the original date promised by Elon Musk for the unveiling of Tesla’s robotaxis. If the event is indeed postponed to October, sooner or later the businessman will have to make this public. Report Bloomberg Tesla shares have recorded an 11-day streak of gains.

Sawyer Merritt, who has become something of an unofficial Elon Musk spokesman on X (Twitter), posted that the stock price drop on Thursday wiped out $64 billion in the company’s valuation. “It’s only been 2 months lol (if that’s true)”– he added, referring to the delay in the presentation of Tesla’s robotaxi. The tycoon has not yet responded. We will be following this issue closely.