The explosion in the Shanghai carpark came as Mr Musk announced Tesla would convert its electric cars into fully self-driving vehicles next year as part of an audacious plan to create a network of robotic taxis to compete against Uber and other ride-hailing services.
"It sounds like a pipe dream that he's selling people," said Raj Rajkumar, an electrical and computer engineering professor at Carnegie Mellon University.Soon, you'll be able to do all the things you'd rather be doing while driving. Some of those companies are aiming to have their fully autonomous cars begin carrying passengers in small geographic areas as early as this year, but many experts do not believe they will be in widespread use for a decade or more.
Tesla is moving aggressively into China, where the Government is encouraging drivers and manufacturers to go electric. But China already has its own manufacturers, who will challenge Elon Musk for his crown. The network allows vehicles to recognise images, determine what objects are and figure out how to deal with them. To become fully self-driving, the cars also need a special computer that fits behind the glove box and is powered by a special chip Mr Musk boasted is better than any other processor in the world"by a huge margin".
Tesla burns as musk fiddles
What a shocking development! Until now, a car has never exploded :O
I hear China is going to be pushing really hard into the EV market soon. You know, just sayin'...