Tesla celebrated a historic first on Friday when a new Model Y left the factory in Austin and—without anyone in the vehicle—drove itself to a waiting customer a half-hour away. Already the second milestone this week after the commercial deployment of his robotaxi service, it marks an early birthday present for CEO Elon Musk. The entrepreneur had promised…
When Elon Musk first launched a bid to acquire Twitter three years ago, a move many of his supporters would grow to oppose, the entrepreneur’s most trusted lieutenant at Tesla quickly chimed in to offer his unconditional support. “Thank you for what you’re doing. We all love you and are always behind you!” Omead Afshar…
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., center left, Ying Yong, mayor of Shanghai, center right, and Omead Afshar, left, leave an event at the site of the company’s manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China, on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk has fired Omead Afshar,…
Elon Musk promised in 2019 that driverless Tesla “robotaxis” would be on the road “next year,” but it didn’t happen. A year later, he promised to deliver them the next year, but that didn’t happen either. Despite the empty pledges the promises kept coming. Last year in January, Musk said, “Next year for sure, we’ll…