At the Tesla Cyber Rodeo, Elon Musk said, 'There’s going to be a dedicated robotaxi that is going to look quite futuristic-looking.' Then, in the recent earnings call, he briefly discussed the 'futuristic' robotaxi. He
, Elon Musk said, “There’s going to be a dedicated robotaxi that is going to look quite futuristic-looking.” Then, in the recent earnings call, he briefly discussed the “futuristic” robotaxi. He declined to give details, but told us that they plan to do a robotaxi event of some kind next year. He also added, “We are aiming for volume production in 2024.”
Vehicle wear and tear is a big one. Sure, an EV needs less maintenance, but that doesn’t mean it’s never going to wear out. I put the battery pack through over 300 DC fast charging sessions, and because Nissan didn’t put a cooling system on the LEAF, and because this year included a summer in Phoenix, Arizona, the battery lost over 10% of its original range.
Then, there’s the passenger-facing systems. My LEAF has a worn out power door lock in the door that passengers got into the most. The seats? They don’t look too nice, and even if they were leather, they’d probably be more worn than average. I have a USB charging port that keeps trying to come out from people plugging and unplugging. I have two door handles that are trying to come off. I had to replace the 12-volt battery after only two years.
The battery systems will probably need some minor upgrading for retrofitting taxis, perhaps by upgrading the cooling system a bit. For a specialized models, it would be a good idea to go with a battery chemistry like LiFePO4 or LFP , because they’d degrade a lot less under this kind of abuse. They couldn’t go as fast or as far on a charge, but they’d work fine for a taxi and last a lot longer. They may even just swap packs to LiFePo if they wanted to upgrade an existing off-lease Model 3.
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