Musk also believes Tesla can reel in profits by
launching a ride-hailing service composed
entirely of driverless cars by the end of the next
year. His plan will offer Tesla owners with cars
equipped with a special self-driving chip to allow
their vehicles to operate in a fully robotic mode so
they can pick up fare-paying passengers.
Musk envisions up to 1 million Teslas
moonlighting as robotaxis, although most
self-driving car experts don’t believe it will
be remotely possible to pull off by the end of
- In a sign that autonomous cars aren’t
coming along as quickly as once envisioned,
General Motors has scrapped its plans to offer
a fully driverless ride-hailing service in San
Francisco this year.