Tesla will unveil a robotaxi on April 8, in response to Musk

Tesla is introducing a robotaxi on August 8, Elon Musk has announced on X a number of hours after Reuters revealed a report that the automaker is scrapping its plans to provide a low-cost EV. Reuters additionally mentioned that Musk’s directive was to “go all in” on robotaxis constructed on the corporate’s small-vehicle platform. Tesla has been promising a extra reasonably priced EV with costs anticipated to start out at $25,000 for years, and Musk mentioned as lately as this January that he is optimistic the mannequin will arrive in the second half of 2025. In response to the report, the Tesla chief tweeted that “Reuters is mendacity (once more).”

He did not make clear which a part of the report was a lie, however contemplating he confirmed that Tesla is unveiling a robotaxi, he probably meant the information group’s declare that the corporate pulled the plug on a extra reasonably priced EV. In the intervening time, Tesla’s most cost-effective automobile is the Mannequin 3, however its costs begin at $39,000. It’s going to be fascinating to see how the corporate will make a robotaxi work with its camera-only system — it dropped radar and different sensors, which robotaxi corporations like Waymo use extensively, from its driver help applied sciences a number of years in the past.