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Tesla Delays Robotaxi Event in Blow to Musk’s Autonomy Drive
- Carmaker will show vehicle in October, rather than on Aug. 8
- Anticipation of unveiling helped fuel 11-day streak of gains
Tesla Inc. is postponing its planned robotaxi unveiling to October to allow teams working on the project more time to build additional prototypes, according to people familiar with the decision.
The roughly two-month delay has been communicated internally, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information hadn’t been publicly announced. The design team was told this week to rework certain elements of the car, one of the people said.