ChinesePod Today: Tesla’s Robo-Taxis: A New Ride-Hailing Service (simp. characters)
- 5 years ago
ChinesePod News (April 24, 2019)
CEO Elon Musk announced at the Tesla Autonomy Investor Day that he expects over 1 million robo-taxis operating on the roads in 2020. Musk pitched the self-driving vehicles as a way for Tesla owners to make money when they are not using their car. With the option to rent out the vehicle and to offer people rides, robo-taxis would compete with ride-hailing services, such as Lyft and Uber.
NOTE: This video features SIMPLIFIED characters, which are used in Mainland China. For viewers studying the form of written Chinese used in Hong Kong and Taiwan (traditional), the traditional-character version of this story (alongside all others of ChinesePod Today) is available at https://youtu.be/g76FAfLXQEg
This ChinesePod Today news broadcast includes the following vocabulary:
布局 vision
辅助 to assist
数据 data
法规 regulation
Editor's note: correct pronunciation of “福” (fu2) 1'11''
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CEO Elon Musk announced at the Tesla Autonomy Investor Day that he expects over 1 million robo-taxis operating on the roads in 2020. Musk pitched the self-driving vehicles as a way for Tesla owners to make money when they are not using their car. With the option to rent out the vehicle and to offer people rides, robo-taxis would compete with ride-hailing services, such as Lyft and Uber.
NOTE: This video features SIMPLIFIED characters, which are used in Mainland China. For viewers studying the form of written Chinese used in Hong Kong and Taiwan (traditional), the traditional-character version of this story (alongside all others of ChinesePod Today) is available at https://youtu.be/g76FAfLXQEg
This ChinesePod Today news broadcast includes the following vocabulary:
布局 vision
辅助 to assist
数据 data
法规 regulation
Editor's note: correct pronunciation of “福” (fu2) 1'11''
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