Tesla Robotaxi event labelled by Elon Musk as “one for the history books”
Tesla's upcoming Robotaxi event is likely to be the company's most important event yet with Musk labelling it one for the history books.
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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.
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