Elon Musk Confirms Delay In Tesla Robotaxi Unveil Due To 'Important Design Change,' But Stays Mum On New Timeline
Elon Musk Confirms Delay In Tesla Robotaxi Unveil Due To 'Important Design Change,' But Stays Mum On New Timeline
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk on Monday confirmed that its robotaxi unveiling event has been delayed to deploy some design changes to the vehicle.
特斯拉公司（NASDAQ：TSLA）的首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克週一確認，他們的機器人出租車發佈會已經延遲，以實現一些車輛設計的更改。
What Happened: "Requested what I think is an important design change to the front, and extra time allows us to show off a few other things," Musk said about delaying the robotaxi unveiling event initially scheduled for Aug. 8. The CEO, however, did not provide fresh dates for the event.
發生了什麼：“我請求了我認爲是重要的前置設計更改，而額外的時間讓我們展示一些其他的東西。”馬斯克談到了推遲機器人出租車發佈會的原因，這個活動最初定於8月8日舉辦。然而，這位CEO並未提供活動的新日期。
Requested what I think is an important design change to the front, and extra time allows us to show off a few other things
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 15, 2024
我請求了我認爲是重要的前置設計更改，額外的時間讓我們展示一些其他的東西。
——埃隆·馬斯克（@elonmusk）2024年7月15日
Musk's confirmation comes on the heels of a media report from last week that said that the company has delayed its robotaxi unveiling event, initially scheduled for Aug. 8, by two months to October. The postponement of dates is to allow teams working on the project to build more prototypes, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
馬斯克的確認是在上週媒體報道之後發佈的，據報道說，特斯拉公司已經將最初定於8月8日舉辦的機器人出租車發佈會延遲兩個月至10月。彭博社援引知情人士的消息稱，延遲日期是爲了讓從事該項目的團隊製造更多的原型。
Neither Tesla nor Musk had confirmed the report until now.
直到現在，特斯拉和馬斯克都沒有證實這個報道。
Why It Matters: While other players like Waymo, Cruise, and Zoox have all revealed driverless robotaxi designs with no steering wheels, Tesla would be the first with sufficient manufacturing capability to produce the design at scale, according to Ark Invest's Brett Winton. Unlike many investors who were disappointed at the delay, Winton is positive about the delay, which he deems is about the company taking the time to get it right.
爲什麼重要：Ark Invest的佈雷特·溫頓（Brett Winton）表示，雖然Waymo、Cruise和Zoox等其他公司都推出了沒有方向盤的無人駕駛機器人出租車設計，但特斯拉將成爲第一個具有足夠製造能力，能夠大規模生產此設計的公司。溫頓對延遲感到積極，因爲他認爲這是公司花費時間做好準備的結果。
Winton thinks that Tesla likely delayed the event to ensure that the new vehicle design is close to the one that the company will eventually produce at scale, while also aligning it with its progress on the full self-driving (FSD) driver assistance software. Tesla is currently ramping up the capabilities of FSD toward vehicle autonomy. The two-month delay might be to align FSD milestones with the robotaxi unveiling event, he opined.
溫頓認爲，特斯拉推遲發佈會的原因可能是爲了確保新車設計接近公司最終大規模生產的方案，並將其與公司在全自動駕駛（FSD）駕駛員輔助軟件上的進展相一致。特斯拉目前正在推進FSD的能力，以實現車輛的自主性。他認爲，兩個月的延遲可能是爲了將FSD的里程碑與機器人出租車發佈活動相一致。
"In our view, its robotaxi service could be one of the most profound business transformations in history, moving Tesla from the one-time sale of vehicles to a recurring revenue model involving platform fees for every commercial mile," Winton wrote in Ark's weekly newsletter published earlier this week.
溫頓在Ark發佈的本週消息中寫道：“在我們看來，其機器人出租車服務可能是歷史上最深刻的業務轉型之一，將特斯拉從一次性汽車銷售轉變爲涵蓋每個商業英里平台費的經常性營收模型。”
Price Action: Tesla shares closed up 1.8% at $252.64 on Monday and rose 0.9% after hours. The stock is up 1.7% year-to-date, according to data from Benzinga Pro.
股價行情：特斯拉股票週一收盤上漲1.8％，報252.64美元，盤後上漲0.9％。根據Benzinga Pro的數據，股票今年迄今上漲了1.7％。
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