{"id":4637,"date":"2024-04-13T11:19:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T11:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aitesonics.com\/tesla-will-unveil-a-robotaxi-on-april-8-according-to-musk-013853363\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T11:19:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T11:19:25","slug":"tesla-will-unveil-a-robotaxi-on-april-8-according-to-musk-013853363","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aitesonics.com\/tesla-will-unveil-a-robotaxi-on-april-8-according-to-musk-013853363\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla will unveil a robotaxi on August 8, according to Musk"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tesla is introducing a robotaxi on August 8, Elon Musk has announced<\/a> on X a few hours after Reuters<\/em> published a report that the automaker is scrapping its plans<\/a> to produce a low-cost EV. Reuters<\/em> also said that Musk's directive was to "go all in" on robotaxis built on the company's small-vehicle platform. Tesla has been promising a more affordable EV with prices expected to start at $25,000 for years<\/a>, and Musk said as recently as this January that he's optimistic the model will arrive in the second half of 2025<\/a>. In response to the report, the Tesla chief tweeted<\/a> that "Reuters is lying (again)."<\/p>\n He didn't clarify which part of the report was a lie, but considering he confirmed that Tesla is unveiling a robotaxi, he likely meant the news organization's claim that the company pulled the plug on a more affordable EV. At the moment, Tesla's cheapest vehicle is the Model 3, but its prices start at $39,000. It'll be interesting to see how the company will make a robotaxi work with its camera-only system \u2014 it dropped<\/a> radar and other sensors, which robotaxi companies like Waymo use extensively, from its driver assistance technologies a few years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tesla is introducing a robotaxi on August 8, Elon Musk has announced on X a few hours after Reuters published a report that the automaker is scrapping its plans to produce a low-cost EV. Reuters also said that Musk's directive was to "go all in" on robotaxis built on the company's small-vehicle platform. Tesla has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[362,95,1435,484,130],"tags":[365,101,1439,486,134],"yoast_head":"\n