Sina Technology News Beijing time at noon on April 13, according to foreign media reports, Elon Musk said that Tesla plans to produce 1 million road-ready robot taxis by the end of this year, and the plan is currently underway. Awaiting regulatory approval. The Tesla CEO said he believes Tesla has the ability to functionalize fully self-driving robo-taxi fleets by the end of the year.
At Tesla’s “Autonomy Day” event last year, Musk announced that Tesla plans to deploy 1 million “Robotaxi” vehicles for the self-driving-sharing network by the end of 2020. It’s an extension of Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” program, which aims to improve the self-driving system of all vehicles produced since 2016 so that those vehicles can drive themselves.
However, Tesla and Musk’s estimates of the timeline for fully autonomous cars could be wrong. Because it all depends first on regulatory approval, and second on whether it will be possible to implement self-driving functions in Tesla’s cars.
Tesla is technically likely to have its self-driving feature ready by the end of this year, but whether the self-driving system will get regulatory approval on schedule is a question. Tesla is thought to need another year for data collection and system improvements. As a result, Tesla may not be able to put its robo-taxi fleet into operation before the end of 2021. (woodsman)
