- The long-awaited car could premiere as a concept at a Warner Bros. movie studio.
- Elon Musk delayed the initial August launch so Tesla’s design team could alter the front end.
- The robotaxi will debut just a few short months after Rimac showcased its very own, in-house robotaxi.
Tesla’s long-awaited robotaxi is just around the corner and will reportedly be unveiled at an event in Los Angeles on October 10.
Unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter believe the all-electric, self-driving vehicle will be showcased at a Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. movie studio in Burbank. Neither Tesla, Elon Musk, nor Warner Bros. have commented on the Bloomberg report but we have known about the planned robotaxi for quite some time and knew its launch was just around the corner.
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Early plans called for the car to be unveiled at a dedicated event on August 8. However, Musk requested a last-minute design change to the robotaxi’s front end in mid-July, forcing Tesla to tweak the vehicle and delay the launch.
Little else is known about the vehicle. A short video surfaced from The Boring Company’s Las Vegas headquarters in early July that showed a large autonomous van prototype built around a simple metal frame with large windows and seating for at least 11 occupants. That vehicle also featured a familiar Tesla steering wheel and a large digital instrument cluster.
Possible sketches and designs of the Tesla Robotaxi
However, it’s unclear if this prototype is the Robotaxi that Tesla plans to unveil or if it was something else that The Boring Company built for its own purposes. Perhaps a more compelling ‘leak’ occurred in May when a short clip by Tesla to social media showed sketches and a clay model of a two-seater without a steering wheel and bench-style seats. This creation also featured scissor doors, covered rear wheels, and a prominent glass house.
In June, Rimac lifted the veil on its Verne concept, a futuristic two-door with advanced self-driving tech that will go into service in Zagreb in 2026 before expanding to 11 other cities in the UK, Germany, the rest of Europe, and the Middle East.
