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Uber highlights autonomous vehicle efforts now that Tesla’s in its rearview mirror

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Uber reported strong second-quarter results, with gross bookings and net profit both up by a decent margin. But the company instead chose to highlight the success of its autonomous vehicle effort — likely to assuage investors concerned about incoming competition from Tesla, which aims to reveal its first robotaxi in October. Uber said in its […]

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Tesla Dojo: Elon Musk’s big plan to build an AI supercomputer, explained

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For years, Elon Musk has talked about Dojo — the AI supercomputer that will be the cornerstone of Tesla’s AI ambitions. It’s important enough to Musk that he recently said the company’s AI team is going to “double down” on Dojo as Tesla gears up to reveal its robotaxi in October.  But what exactly is

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Elon Musk sets new date for Tesla robotaxi reveal, calls everything beyond autonomy ‘noise’

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Elon Musk says he will show off Tesla’s purpose-built “robotaxi” prototype during an event October 10, after scrapping a previous plan to reveal it August 8. Musk said Tesla will also show off “a couple of other things,” but didn’t explain what that meant. The comments, made on Tesla’s second-quarter earnings call Tuesday, largely confirms

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Elon Musk sets new October 10 date for ‘robotaxi’ reveal and ‘other things’

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Elon Musk says he will show off Tesla’s purpose-built “robotaxi” prototype during an event October 10, after scrapping a previously-planned reveal on August 8 earlier this month. Musk said Tesla will also show off “a couple of other things,” but didn’t explain what that meant. The comments, made on Tesla’s second-quarter earnings call Tuesday, largely

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Musk sets 2026 Optimus sale date. Here’s where other humanoids stand.

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Ahead of Tuesday’s earnings, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the car maker will begin selling its Optimus humanoid robot in 2026. In fact, Optimus has already started performing tasks autonomously, like handling batteries, in one of Tesla’s facilities, according to its earnings report. “Tesla will have genuinely useful humanoid robots in low production for

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Elon Musk sets 2026 Optimus sale date. Here’s where other humanoid robots stand.

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Ahead of Tuesday’s earnings, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the carmaker will begin selling its Optimus humanoid robot in 2026. In fact, Optimus has already started performing tasks autonomously, like handling batteries, in one of Tesla’s facilities, according to its earnings report. “Tesla will have genuinely useful humanoid robots in low production for Tesla

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Former Tesla humanoid head launches a robotics startup

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Mytra has been quietly operating behind the scenes since its May 2022 founding in a bid to rethink warehouse automation. The startup brings a solid pedigree to the table, founded by automotive vets from EV firms, including Tesla and Rivian. Warehouse/fulfillment has been a white hot category for automation since the pandemic hamstrung the global

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Fisker scores a win, an AV startup reboots in Texas, and why Elon pushed the Tesla robotaxi reveal

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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Another week, another batch of transportation news. And as always, senior reporter Sean O’Kane is deep in the Fisker beat.  Fisker has a little something to celebrate

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Elon Musk confirms Tesla ‘robotaxi’ event delayed due to design change

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed Monday earlier reports the company was delaying its robotaxi reveal, explaining it was because he requested an “important design change to the front.” Bloomberg News reported last week Tesla was pushing the event to October. It had been aiming for an August 8 event. The company did not immediately respond

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