Tesla is holding its ‘We, Robotic’ occasion right this moment, which is predicted to be the launch of its new Robotaxi, a car devoted to self-driving.
Right here, you will see that our information hub for the occasion, which is able to include all a very powerful details about the occasion and our watch social gathering.
Earlier than being known as its ‘We, Robotic’ occasion to “unveil the way forward for autonomy”, Tesla known as right this moment’s 10/10 occasion the “unveiling of its Robotaxi”.
The Tesla Robotaxi is a car that CEO Elon Musk has been speaking about for the previous two years.
Since 2016, Musk claimed that each one Tesla automobiles constructed from then on can be able to full self-driving capabilities by means of future software program updates enabling homeowners to make use of them as “robotaxis”.
That has but to occur and Musk made some homeowners apprehensive when he began speaking about Tesla constructing a brand new car devoted to self-driving: the Robotaxi, which can be generally known as the Cybercab.
This unveiling occasion is just not solely going to be attention-grabbing as our first official take a look at Tesla’s new car, however many Tesla homeowners and shareholders wish to understand how this new devoted car matches into Tesla’s self-driving effort.
The car itself is predicted to be a two-seater with butterfly wing doorways, no pedals or steering wheel, and have a design impressed by the Cybertruck.
Contemplating the occasion is about autonomy, we anticipate Tesla to additionally give an replace about Optimus, its humanoid robotic, on the occasion.
There is also a shock unveiling of Tesla’s upcoming new automobiles, just like the next-gen Roadster or two cheaper automobiles based mostly on Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y.
Tesla is holding the occasion on Warner Brothers’ studio lot in Los Angeles, which has personal streets. Some have speculated that Tesla is holding the occasion there to do some self-driving demos with out getting a self-driving allow, which the automaker has prevented getting in California for years.
The occasion is ready to start out at 7 PM native time or 10 PM ET, and it is going to be live-streamed right here:
Right here’s our Tesla Robotaxi unveiling information hub, the place yow will discover our articles about a very powerful information that comes out of the occasion (refresh the web page for extra tales):
We’re additionally internet hosting a really casual watch social gathering with myself, Fred Lambert, and Jamie Dow. Another Electrek employees members may be part of too.