Elon Musk went on stage on Thursday evening throughout Tesla’s annual shareholders assembly and made some massive claims and guarantees. The corporate is “virtually snug” letting homeowners with Full Self-Driving (FSD) “textual content and drive,” he stated. In the mean time, its automobiles are nonetheless strictly monitoring drivers to verify their eyes are on the highway, however Musk stated that Tesla will allow unsupervised FSD that may enable texting and driving inside “a month or two.”
To notice, Tesla’s FSD is presently able to degree 2 autonomous driving. Musk is promising no less than a degree 4 functionality, during which the driving force could be disengaged because the automobile performs all driving duties for them, inside a brief span of time. Whereas he stated that Tesla will have a look at its security knowledge first, he didn’t talk about the steps it’s taking to allow texting whereas driving and whether or not it’s already discussing the legalities of it with regulators.
Speaking in regards to the Cybercab, Musk stated manufacturing of the robotaxis will start by April subsequent 12 months. Since it will likely be particularly constructed with autonomy in thoughts, it won’t have pedals, a steering wheel and even aspect mirrors. The Cybercab’s manufacturing course of, he defined, is vastly totally different from typical automobile manufacturing and is extra similar to telephone manufacturing. That’s why he thinks the corporate will be capable of produce one unit each 10 seconds.
Musk additionally talked in regards to the flying automobile he teased on Joe Rogan’s present. When requested on the occasion, he stated the demo will now happen on April 1, 2026, as a substitute of this month or the subsequent like he informed Rogan. It stays to be seen whether or not we’re going to get April Fooled, however Musk claimed that manufacturing of Tesla’s flying car will occur a 12 months or so after its unveiling. As all the time, take Musk’s claims with a grain of salt, as he’s fairly notorious for being overly formidable together with his timelines.
Whereas Musk was on stage speaking about Tesla’s plans, an Optimus humanoid robotic was standing by the aspect. The CEO stated Optimus is sure to develop into the “greatest product of all time,” larger than cellphones, “larger than something.” Tesla will begin with a 1-million manufacturing line after which a 10-million manufacturing line, however he stated the corporate expects to ultimately produce 100 million to a billion Optimus robots a 12 months. He envisions a world whereby the humanoid machines will present folks with medical care… in addition to a world whereby as a substitute of being jailed, Optimus follows criminals round to cease them from committing extra crimes.
Earlier than Musk went on stage, Tesla’s shareholders had voted to approve his pay package deal price as much as $1 trillion over the subsequent 10 years. Tesla has to hit a number of targets for Musk to develop into the primary trillionaire, although, together with reaching a market worth of $8.5 trillion from its present price of $1.4 billion and promoting 1,000,000 Optimus robots.