Elon Musk confirmed on Monday that Tesla's robotaxi event scheduled for August has been postponed to October. The CEO x.com/elonmusk/status/1812883378703925625″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:replied;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>answered on x (the former twitter, which he owns) to a user's post that “requested what I believe is a major design change on the front end, and the extra time allows us to show off some other stuff.”
Musk's post on x seems to echo what Bloomberg reported last week. The publication claimed on July 11 that delaying the event would give Tesla More time to build additional prototypesHe added that the company had communicated the delay internally and that the design team was told to “redo certain elements of the car,” which sounds like an order from Musk to change the front-end design.
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