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Riz Akhtar
Riz Akhtar

Riz is the founder of carloop based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first 7 years of his career building transport infrastructure before starting carloop. He has a passion for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.

  • Autonomous Vehicles

This robot sucks: Tesla shows off its new robot product for cleaning robotaxi

  • 3 February 2025
  • 8 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
Tesla has shown off a new robot that will automatically clean its upcoming Cybercab Robotaxi.
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  • 1 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • EV News

Waymo robotaxi gets stuck endlessly circling roundabout

  • 17 December 2024
  • 4 comments
  • Joshua S. Hill
A robotaxi operated by American self-driving car company Waymo has been caught on camera stuck in an endless roundabout loop.
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  • 2 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • EV News

Elon Musk says “tens of millions of driverless Teslas” on the way as new interior details emerge

  • 10 December 2024
  • 39 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicts tens of millions of Cybercab Robotaxis in coming years - assuming regulatory approvals, of course.
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  • 2 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • EV News

Tesla Cybercab robotaxi will have only “half the parts” of Tesla Model 3

  • 8 December 2024
  • 25 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
The engineering lead for Tesla's upcoming Cybercab shares how Tesla plans to save on parts with the circa $A45,000 self-driving robotaxi.
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  • 2 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • EV News

Tesla EVs can now drive themselves to superchargers

  • 2 December 2024
  • 30 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
A Tesla driver with latest FSD software shows how the car can automatically drive to and back up at a supercharger station without any driver input.
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  • 2 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • EV News

Tesla Cybercab Robotaxi heads to Europe, next stop could be Australia

  • 15 November 2024
  • 23 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
Tesla's Cybercab robotaxi heads outside of the US to Europe for first time in efforts to spruik autonomy and its EV demand. Will it come to Australia?
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  • 2 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • EV News

No pedals, no steering wheels, but a very big screen: Tesla Cybercab spotted in daylight for first time

  • 29 October 2024
  • 19 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
Tesla's robotaxi, the Cybercab spotted in daylight at an event in Texas, showcasing details of the steering wheel-less car from the future.
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  • 2 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Electric Flight

Electric air taxi hopeful wants to be in the sky in time for Brisbane Olympics

  • 16 October 2024
  • 3 comments
  • Rachel Williamson
US-based Wisk Aero signs MoU with the federal aviation services operator to work out how to introduce uncrewed electric air taxis to Australian airspace in time for Brisbane Olympics.
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  • 4 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • EV News

“Is that it?” Musk’s Robo-show leaves even the tech-bro hopefuls nonplussed

  • 15 October 2024
  • 39 comments
  • Giles Parkinson
Investors and tech-bro enthusiasts were waiting for big things from Elon Musk's robo-show last week, but were left disappointed by a complete lack of detail. "Is that it?" asked one leading analyst.
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  • 3 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • EV News

“No steering wheels, no pedals:” Tesla unveils two new EVs from the future

  • 11 October 2024
  • 78 comments
  • Giles Parkinson & Riz Akhtar
Tesla finally unveils the prototype of its robotaxi with no steering wheels or pedals, and introduced the Tesla robovan as an added surprise. But not everyone is convinced.

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