Achi news desk-
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, known for his passion for self-driving vehicles, announced on Friday the date his company will unveil its “robotaxis”. CNN reported.
The 52-year-old billionaire shared the update on X, formerly Twitter, revealing that Tesla – the company that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles – will unveil one of its most important products, the robotaxi, on August 8.
Musk did not give many details and simply wrote on his social media platform: “Tesla Robotaxi unveiled on 8/8.”
The tech tycoon has previously hinted at the development of autonomous cars.
He had said that Tesla cars with Full Self-Driving Capability will gradually improve driving through software updates.
Musk has also repeatedly mentioned that these cars could eventually function as fully autonomous taxis, potentially earning their owners money by providing taxi rides.
The Full Self-Driving capability is available for purchase on the Tesla Model 3, for an additional $12,000, or on a subscription basis for up to $199 per month, depending on how the car was originally equipped.
In small gray type, Tesla’s online description states, “Currently enabled features require active driver supervision and do not make the vehicle autonomous,” meaning it is not , in fact, can drive fully today.
Musk said the system will one day make Tesla cars extremely valuable.
“You can think of every car that we sell or manufacture that has full autonomy capability as something that could be worth five times what it is today in the future,” he said in the company’s earnings call for the third quarter of last year.
Experts who have tested the system point out that the system is still far from autonomous driving without human intervention.
Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet, and Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors Company, are collaborating on autonomous ride-sharing services.
However, the companies have either recalled their cars or stopped production after a series of accidents that have resulted in human injury or damage to vehicles.
