Tesla is introducing a robotaxi on August 8, Elon Musk has introduced on X a couple of hours after Reuters printed a document that the automaker is scrapping its plans to supply a low cost EV. Reuters additionally stated that Musk’s directive was once to “move all in” on robotaxis constructed at the corporate’s small-vehicle platform. Tesla has been promising a extra inexpensive EV with costs anticipated to begin at $25,000 for years, and Musk stated as just lately as this January that he is constructive the type will arrive in the second one part of 2025. In keeping with the document, the Tesla leader tweeted that “Reuters is mendacity (once more).”He did not explain which a part of the document was once a lie, however taking into consideration he showed that Tesla is unveiling a robotaxi, he most likely supposed the scoop group’s declare that the corporate pulled the plug on a extra inexpensive EV. These days, Tesla’s most cost-effective car is the Type 3, however its costs get started at $39,000. It’s going to be attention-grabbing to peer how the corporate will make a robotaxi paintings with its camera-only gadget — it dropped radar and different sensors, which robotaxi corporations like Waymo use broadly, from its driving force help applied sciences a couple of years in the past.Tesla Robotaxi unveil on 8/8— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 5, 2024