MUSK SAYS TESLA WILL BUILD VEHICLE DESIGNED TO BE A ROBOTAXI
AppleMagazine|April 15, 2022
Tesla will build a vehicle dedicated for use as a robotaxi, and it will start making three new vehicles next year, CEO Elon Musk told fans at a party celebrating the opening of a Texas factory.
MUSK SAYS TESLA WILL BUILD VEHICLE DESIGNED TO BE A ROBOTAXI

Musk didn’t give details of the robotaxi other than to say it will “look quite futuristic.” He also said Tesla will start building the Cybertruck pickup at its new factory near Austin, Texas, next year. After that, it will start building a new Roadster and an electric semi, he said.

He made his remarks Thursday night (07) at the “Cyber Rodeo at Giga Texas,” an invitation-only party for thousands of guests at Tesla’s new billion-dollar-plus factory.

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