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Written by Tom Harrison
Elon Musk has claimed (for once not on Twitter) that by this time next year, there could be over a million fully self-driving Teslas on the road. At the company"s Autonomy Day" event at its California HQ, Musk told investors Tesla would start rolling out its autonomous taxi service in 2020. The service will allow owners of compatible cars to add their vehicle to the Tesla Network" - an autonomous ride-hailing service that, in practice, should work a bit like Uber. He predicted owners could earn as much as $30,000 a year by allowing their cars to be used by the service while they"re at work or on holiday. Said cars would be capable, explained Musk, of level five autonomy without a geofence" - meaning they"d be able to drive themselves anywhere on the planet, on any road and in any/all possible weather conditions without anyone watching over the controls. Or indeed sitting in the car. This is a long way beyond what is commercially available today - mainly level two systems that only offer assistance in certain situations/environments, where the driver should keep their hands on the wheel at all times.
Date written: 23 Apr 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15490
Elon Musk has claimed (for once not on Twitter) that by this time next year, there could be over a million fully self-driving Teslas on the road. At the company"s Autonomy Day" event at its California HQ, Musk told investors Tesla would start rolling out its autonomous taxi service in 2020. The service will allow owners of compatible cars to add their vehicle to the Tesla Network" - an autonomous ride-hailing service that, in practice, should work a bit like Uber. He predicted owners could earn as much as $30,000 a year by allowing their cars to be used by the service while they"re at work or on holiday. Said cars would be capable, explained Musk, of level five autonomy without a geofence" - meaning they"d be able to drive themselves anywhere on the planet, on any road and in any/all possible weather conditions without anyone watching over the controls. Or indeed sitting in the car. This is a long way beyond what is commercially available today - mainly level two systems that only offer assistance in certain situations/environments, where the driver should keep their hands on the wheel at all times.
Date written: 23 Apr 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15490
