San Francisco. According to Elon Musk biographer Walter Isaacson, Tesla’s $25,000 car and the company’s dedicated robotaxi will have a Cybertruck-inspired design.
According to an excerpt from Isaacson’s upcoming book, Musk is so focused on self-driving robotaxis that it took a team of Tesla executives to convince him to buy an affordable car. However, the CEO was relieved when, When his colleagues revealed a plan to build both a $25,000 car and Tesla’s robotaxi simultaneously.
This news was first reported by Axios.
Tesla plans to produce 20 million vehicles per year by 2030.
To accomplish this, the company will need a technology that can be manufactured quickly and at scale. That means Tesla needs a vehicle with far higher output than the Model 3 sedan and Model Y crossover. Tesla’s next-generation platform, which was discussed at Investor Day earlier this year, appears to be designed for this purpose, the report said.
According to Isakson, Musk had a brainstorming session with his top five lieutenants in Austin in November 2021 to discuss a basic robotaxi that could be produced in high volumes.
According to the report, Musk and his team spent nearly a year debating whether to build a car with traditional controls or create a vehicle that was fully autonomous, with no steering wheel or pedals, which would entail more risk. Will need to take.
Several Tesla engineers reportedly insisted on a more conservative approach.
During a meeting on August 18, 2022, Tesla chief designer Franz von Holzhausen also suggested that the robotaxi could be a vehicle with a steering wheel and pedals that could later be removed.
However, Musk was reportedly adamant.
After a meeting in September 2022, von Holzhausen and several others presented Musk with data showing that Tesla would need a smaller “global car” to achieve its ambitious growth goals.
The team convinced the CEO that both the $25,000 car and the robotaxi could be built on the same next-generation platform. The report mentions that both the vehicles may also be produced using the same assembly line.
Musk was eventually convinced by using a $25,000 Tesla and the robotaxi model with each other in Tesla’s design studio.
(IANS)
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