Tesla Inc TSLA is reportedly seeking to maintain its robotaxi unveiling occasion at Warner Bros. Discovery‘s WBD film studio in Burbank, California.
What Occurred: The information was first reported by Bloomberg, citing individuals aware of the matter. The 110-acre lot has hosted well-known productions akin to Batman films, the report famous.
Benzinga reached out to each Tesla and Warner Bros for affirmation however is but to obtain a response.
The robotaxi unveiling occasion was initially slated for Aug. 8. The corporate delayed it to Oct.10 to make just a few necessary modifications geared toward enhancing the robotaxi and to present itself time to arrange a “couple of different issues” to showcase on the occasion, firm CEO Elon Musk mentioned final month.
Why It Issues: Musk is at present seeking to convert Tesla from an EV producer to an AI and robotics firm with an elevated deal with creating autonomous driving know-how and humanoid robots.
Whereas the revealing occasion is slated for October, it’s “troublesome” to say when the first unsupervised Tesla robotaxi experience could be, Musk mentioned throughout Tesla’s second-quarter earnings name in July. Nonetheless, the CEO, identified for bold timelines, hinted at the potential of it occurring by the top of 2024.
“It is troublesome, clearly, my predictions on this have been overly optimistic previously,” Musk mentioned. “…based mostly on the present development… you may do [it] unsupervised probably by the top of this yr. I’d be shocked if we can’t do it subsequent yr.”
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