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On April 15, Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted, "In the future, people will enter the car like they enter the elevator, and you won't even think of it." There was a time when elevators were manually operated by a person holding a power switch. This is very rare. ”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted a screenshot
In addition, Musk said in response to netizen comments: "In the future, almost all cars will be self-driving, and perhaps only 1% of manually driven cars are used for entertainment, just like people now raise horses not for driving, but for equestrian sports." ”
"In the future, almost all cars will be self-driving, and maybe only 1% of manual-driven cars will be used for entertainment"
As an enabler of self-driving, Musk insists that Tesla's value is mainly based on self-driving.
In fact, as early as 2018, Musk said that he would launch a fully autonomous driving function, and in 2019, he would make more than 1 million vehicles fully self-driving. But so far, the so-called autonomous driving in Musk's mouth has not been realized. Although Autopilot and FSD functions have been introduced, they are still in the driver's assistance function and need to be used under the supervision of the driver.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk
Over the years, Tesla has gained a lot of loyal fans in assisted driving technology, but it has also caused a lot of trouble for it. As autonomous driving technology is still in the early stages of development in general, there is still a huge gap between the truly indiscriminate implementation.
Tesla plans to launch a robotaxi on August 8
Not long ago, Musk announced on the social media platform X that Tesla plans to launch a driverless taxi (Robotaxi) on August 8. However, there are still many uncertainties about whether mass production can be realized.
It is reported that Tesla's Robotaxi vision began with the second chapter of MasterPlan in 2016, and in 2022 it said that it is expected to be mass-produced in 2024. According to previous news, Robotaxi is a fully autonomous vehicle without mirrors, pedals, and steering wheels, which can reduce the dependence on car ownership. The conditions for the real landing of Robotaxi are the support of mature L4+ autonomous driving technology and the liberalization of supervision.
FSD V12.3 experience shared by users in North America
Musk has said, "Robotaxi will make Tesla a $10 trillion company and will still be talked about a hundred years from now." Some analysts also said that Tesla's robotaxis (self-driving taxis) are conservatively estimated to account for 70% of Tesla's market capitalization.