Tesla’s two week notice, Volvo’s autonomous milestone, and fun with LEGO
On today's completely predictable episode of Quick Charge, Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the weather looks like it'll be too rough to show off his new "flying" Roadster 2.0 on October 1st, so he's pushing the reveal back another two weeks – but after 9 years of moving goal posts and broken promises, what's a few more weeks? We've also got a review of the Tom Hanks classic The Money Pit, which may or may not be a reference to spending $250,000 on a car you've never driven, touched, or even seen – but which you might get to see in two weeks. Plus: the EU is delaying the vote to approve Full Self Driving (Supervised) until at least December, and y'all tell us who you think should be to blame when robotaxis crash into stuff. Source Links Tesla is supposed to imminently unveil its new Roadster after years of delays Tesla warns weather could delay Roadster demo, and the forecast is ugly Tesla delays Roadster demo two weeks to October 15, blames weather EU delays Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ vote to December at the earliest Survey Sunday: When self driving cars crash, who gets the blame? Full Self Hauling: Volvo moves 3 million tonnes of Earth, autonomously Prefer listening to your podcasts? Audio-only versions of Quick Charge are now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are (allegedly) recorded several times per week, most weeks. We’ll be posting bonus audio content from time to time as well, so be sure to follow and subscribe so you don’t miss a minute of Electrek’s high-voltage podcast series. Got news? Let us know!Drop us a line at [email protected]. You can also rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show SOME OF MY FAVORITE GEAR: Das Keyboard 4 Ultimate Blank: https://amzn.to/3TeHFnx Razer Basilisk V3 Wired Gaming Mouse: https://amzn.to/4xGOyNB Razer BlackShark V2 X Wired Gaming Headset: https://amzn.to/4gQRLCK