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Tesla Robotaxis Will Automatically Recharge Themselves
At the recent Autonomy Day at Tesla, Elon Musk confirmed that Teslas acting as robotaxies would go home and recharge themselves automatically.
(From Tesla's Autonomy Day presentation)
This idea is at least sixty years old. Science fiction fans recall the 1960 short story Callihan and the Wheelies by Stephen Barr:
Amanda glared at the little object on wheels - it was about the size of a rollerskate and it seemed to be considering what to do next. It turned its photoelectric scanners this way and that, waving its jointed grappling arms about. Then it appeared to make up its mind, and trundled over to a wall socket in the baseboard, plugged itself in and proceeded to recharge itself.
(A self-charging robot)
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