Tesla delays Roadster reveal again, Volvo hits autonomous mining milestone
Summary
Tesla pushed back its Roadster 2.0 demo by two weeks, citing weather, while the EU delayed its vote on Full Self-Driving until December. Meanwhile, Volvo moved 3 million tonnes of earth autonomously, marking a significant milestone for self-driving industrial vehicles.
On today’s completely predictable episode of Quick Charge, Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the weather looks like it’ll be too rough to show off his new “flying” Roadster 2.0 on October 1st, so he’s pushing the reveal back another two weeks – but after 9 years of moving goal posts and broken promises, what’s a few more weeks?
We’ve also got a review of the Tom Hanks classic The Money Pit, which may or may not be a reference to spending $250,000 on a car you’ve never driven, touched, or even seen – but which you might get to see in two weeks. Plus: the EU is delaying the vote to approve Full Self Driving (Supervised) until at least December, and y’all tell us who you think should be to blame when robotaxis crash into stuff.
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- Tesla is supposed to imminently unveil its new Roadster after years of delays
- Tesla warns weather could delay Roadster demo, and the forecast is ugly
- Tesla delays Roadster demo two weeks to October 15, blames weather
- EU delays Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ vote to December at the earliest
- Survey Sunday: When self driving cars crash, who gets the blame?
- Full Self Hauling: Volvo moves 3 million tonnes of Earth, autonomously
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