The speculation surrounding Tesla’s “unexpected” product launch will have to wait a few more days because according to CEO Elon Musk himself, the “product” still needs “a few more days of refinement.” So the launch has now been moved to Wednesday, October 19, 2016, giving us two more days to wait with baited breath on what Tesla has up its sleeves.
The delay is obviously a bummer because a lot of people have circled today in their calendars as a big day for Tesla. The electric car maker might possibly be disappointed too that it couldn’t live up to its earlier promise. But considering how significant this product launch is shaping up to be, waiting for Tesla another two days to iron out whatever kinks this product has should be worth the wait.
Here’s the thing though. The speculation surrounding what Tesla plans to launch may have been made clearer by Musk including the word “refinement” in his tweet earlier today. Refining something in two days is difficult if we’re talking about something big on the physical and tangible side. It’s unlikely that these refinements are for an actual car, so that potentially rules out the possibility of seeing the production version of the Model 3 or the early iteration of the Model Y.
On the other hand, refining something of a smaller physical scale like the hardware for the new Autopilot 2.0 system now makes more sense because it’s easier to handle and work on compared to making sweeping changes on an actual car.
So does this mean that Tesla’s big reveal for Wednesday is now the Autopilot 2.0? We’re not going to get any confirmation until the actual launch, but from the way it looks, the next-generation version of Autopilot may now have the inside track.
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