{"id":222710,"date":"2022-04-08T17:27:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T21:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=222710"},"modified":"2022-04-08T17:27:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T21:27:12","slug":"tesla-poised-to-make-self-driving-taxis-using-full-self-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2022\/04\/tesla-poised-to-make-self-driving-taxis-using-full-self-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Poised to Make Self-Driving Taxis Using Full Self-Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company will build a dedicated robotaxi in the future that uses its full self-driving technology.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

During the grand opening ceremonies Thursday for Tesla\u2019s new GigaTexas factory, CEO Elon Musk said the company will build \u201cdedicated\u201d self-driving taxis, although he didn\u2019t say when.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking the part of a Texan with a black cowboy hat and sunglass, Musk said the company\u2019s taxis would \u201clook futuristic.\u201d He also said they would come in large numbers, \u201cMassive scale (with) full self-driving. There\u2019s going to be a dedicated robotaxi.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The push to build robotaxis presents several challenges, first and foremost is the design. He says it will be futuristic. However, the Cybertruck also sports a futuristic design, but it\u2019s been problematic moving the truck from a working concept to a mass-producible vehicle. Part of the reason is the shape, Musk has previously noted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, the truck\u2019s production date has been delayed at least twice, most recently last year. It\u2019s projected to arrive in 2023, although naysayers aren\u2019t confident it\u2019ll even make that deadline. Introducing another product with a unique exterior could hamper production of the robotaxi in a similar way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tesla’s full self-driving program is still in the beta testing stage.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Full self-driving represents big money potential<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Musk has long asserted that full self-driving will be a massive game changer not just for the people using the technology but for Tesla. First and foremost, it\u2019s added to the company\u2019s bottom line. Tesla\u2019s offered the technology in vehicles for a few years and steadily raised the price from $3,000 to now $12,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not purchased by every buyer, but it can add as much as 20% to the price of a new Tesla, depending upon the model. Musk has reiterated the technology, which is currently in the beta testing stage with more than 50,000 users, is improving rapidly. He said during a call in January he would be \u201cshocked\u201d if FSD didn\u2019t outperform human drivers by the end of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CEO said during the event that the company is making the beta software to all North American full self-driving subscribers later this year. The software\u2019s reportedly been installed in 60,000 vehicles in the U.S., Reuters reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During the grand opening ceremonies for Tesla\u2019s new GigaTexas factory, CEO Elon Musk said the company will build \u201cdedicated\u201d self-driving taxis at some point in the future. Get the details about why and what it means at TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4389,"featured_media":222712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,5,10,1164,2648,9],"tags":[5623,5626,386,5625,5624],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222710"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222710"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222714,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222710\/revisions\/222714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222710"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=222710"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=222710"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=222710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}