Tesla CEO plans to hand the car keys to robots next year
(World News Science)

SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk expects to start converting the company´s electric cars into fully self-driving vehicles next year as part of an audacious plan to create a network of robotic taxis to compete against Uber and other ride-hailing services. The vision sketched out Monday during an event at Tesla´s Silicon Valley headquarters requires several leaps of faith - something that the zealous investors and consumers who view Musk as a technological genius often are willing to take. But self-driving car experts fear Musk is shirking public safety in an effort to boost Tesla´s stock and sell more of the company´s electric cars. This amid lingering questions about whether the...