TNB Tech Minute: Tesla Expected to Unveil Robotaxi
WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 10 October 2024
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Snakes, zombies, public speaking, the list of fears is endless. |
| 0:04.6 | But the real danger is in your hand when you're behind the wheel. |
| 0:07.6 | Distracted driving is what's really scary and even deadly. |
| 0:11.1 | Eyes forward, don't drive distracted. Brought to you by NHTSA and the Ad Council. |
| 0:16.8 | Here's your TMB Tech Minute for Thursday, October 10th. I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:23.0 | Tesla is expected to unveil the company's first driverless car and detail plans on a forthcoming |
| 0:30.4 | robot taxi service later today. The move would put Tesla in direct |
| 0:34.8 | competition with Alphabet's Waymo which is already offering driverless rides in |
| 0:39.5 | several cities. Expectations are high among some analysts and investors that Tesla CEO Elon Musk will show off a functioning autonomous vehicle and lay out specific plans for its launch, including the timing. An early sketch of the car published in a biography of Musk |
| 0:55.8 | shows an almond shaped vehicle with two seats and no steering wheel or pedals. |
| 1:01.8 | Authorities in China have detained four Taiwanese employees who work at a FoxCon factory that is |
| 1:07.9 | central to Apple's iPhone supply chain. |
| 1:11.1 | That's according to Taiwanese officials. |
| 1:13.0 | They were accused of an offense akin to breach of trust, |
| 1:16.0 | although the exact nature of the allegations couldn't be determined. |
| 1:20.0 | That's according to one of the Taiwanese agencies responsible for managing relations with China. |
| 1:25.2 | Fox Khan didn't reply to a request for comment, but Taiwan's mainland affairs council quoted the company |
| 1:31.3 | as saying it didn't suffer any financial loss |
| 1:34.0 | connected to the actions of the employees. Representatives from the local |
| 1:38.6 | Chinese police department couldn't immediately be reached for comment. |
| 1:41.8 | Apple didn't reply to a request for comment. |
| 1:46.1 | And the Securities and Exchange Commission is suing the crypto unit of the high-speed trading |
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