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Christiaan Hetzner

Elon Musk blames robo-taxi delay on ‘important design change’, but he claims to have a surprise up his sleeve

Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Credit: Apu Gomes—Getty Images)

Elon Musk granted his engineers at Tesla more time to finish development of a robotaxi prototype, pushing back the model’s heavily anticipated Aug. 8 unveiling by weeks or even months. 

While the carmaker’s CEO didn’t confirm last week’s Bloomberg report it would be postponed until October, he will almost certainly face questions about it from investors during the second-quarter earnings call scheduled for next Tuesday. 

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