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Despite the formulation, the underlying promise of the manufacturer’s owner is not spontaneous. The multimillionaire knows that the action of his group would be jostled in the aftermath of the publication of the latest results. He therefore sells a more positive perspective to investors, to his customers struck by the price reductions that devalue their Tesla bought a few months ago, and more broadly at its large base of fans.

Tesla: Elon Musk wants to launch an autonomous car 100% before 2024

The billionaire at the head of Tesla wanted to be reassuring about his autonomous car project with his Chinese interlocutors this Thursday, July 6. During a video conference given in Shanghai, Elon Musk said he was “very close” to the final development of a 100% autonomous electric model.

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Posted on 07/06/2023 at 9:00 a.m

Late but still in the race. The CEO of Tesla Elon Musk estimated on Thursday July 6 in video at a conference in Shanghai that his business was “very close” to develop his first 100% autonomous electric car, possibly “later this year”. “In terms of where Tesla is at the moment, I think we are very close to reaching autonomous driving without human supervision,” said Mr. Musk in videoconference for the opening of a conference on artificial intelligence (IA) in Shanghai, China.

“This is only speculation, but I think we will reach the complete autonomous driving, perhaps the four or five stadium, I think later this year,” added the billionaire, mentioning the two most levels advances in autonomous driving, which imply that human assistance is no longer necessary. Whoever is also boss of Twitter acknowledged that his previous predictions were false, but assured to feel that Tesla is “closer than ever to her goal”.

Good relations with China

Elon Musk has indeed already exceeded dates he had given for the launch of such a vehicle, whose technology arouses many questions in the United States. China is the largest market in the world for electric vehicles and Elon Musk had also announced in April that its company would build a second mega-user in Shanghai.

His presence at this conference, even on video, shows his desire to maintain good relations with China, after a visit in person in May. In the first quarter, Tesla recorded a fall in net profit of 24%, at 2.5 billion dollars, the giant of electric cars having lowered its prices to stimulate demand and fight against competition.

Tesla: the autopilot and the autonomous car, this always pushed promise of Elon Musk

Tesla’s boss seeks to minimize the importance of price reductions in her models by hooking up the value increase that the latter would record if they became autonomous during a future software update.

Posted on April 21. 2023 at 7:04 updated on Apr 21. 2023 at 3:13 PM

Mirror her tomorrows that sing to make you forget a droy news. Last Wednesday, during the presentation to analysts of the results of the first quarter of 2023 of Tesla deemed disappointing, Elon Musk reiterated his favorite promise. The brand’s autonomous driving solution will be ready this year. “I hesitate to tell you, but I think we will do it this year,” said Elon Musk on Wednesday evening at the analyst conference.

Despite the formulation, the underlying promise of the manufacturer’s owner is not spontaneous. The multimillionaire knows that the action of his group would be jostled in the aftermath of the publication of the latest results. He therefore sells a more positive perspective to investors, to his customers struck by the price reductions that devalue their Tesla bought a few months ago, and more broadly at its large base of fans.

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