Tesla’s social media accounts in South Korea have been posting cryptic pictures of the quantity zero on its social media accounts over the previous few days, and the Tesla neighborhood doesn’t appear to know why as of but.
Prior to now few days, Tesla Korea’s accounts on Instagram and X have posted a number of pictures with stylized designs that includes the quantity zero, and most can solely speculate as to why. The posts do come forward of Tesla’s “We, Robotic” robotaxi unveiling occasion on October 10 (or 10/10), and a few have urged that it could be associated to that or the corporate’s plans to launch Full Self-Driving (FSD) Supervised in markets past North America.
Tesla Korea | X and Instagram
Tesla Korea | Instagram
Tesla Korea | Instagram
At this level, it’s not fully clear why Tesla’s Korea accounts have been posting the zero pictures, although it is going to possible turn into clear within the coming days.
These posts started with posts from each the corporate’s X and Instagram Korea accounts on Friday, although solely the corporate’s Instagram account has adopted up with the second and third pictures. In latest months, Tesla’s launch of FSD Supervised in international locations apart from Canada and the U.S. has been teased pretty usually, although nothing particular in relation to South Korea.
Elon Musk himself has stated that Tesla expects to realize approval for FSD in China by the top of the 12 months, and stories have urged that the corporate shall be testing 10 automobiles with the software program forward of a wider launch. In late April, Tesla reportedly gained tentative approval for the software program in China, and a number of small hints have pointed to the corporate nearing FSD approval in European markets.
Tesla can be holding the Robotaxi unveiling occasion at a Warner Brothers Studio area in Burbank, California on October 10, although related pictures bearing the quantity zero haven’t been posted on any of the corporate’s different social media accounts than the Korea one at this level.
In latest weeks, Tesla has been rising knowledge assortment across the Warner Brothers studio and different California places, considered associated to the upcoming unveiling occasion. Tesla additionally despatched invitations to Teslarati and to others for the disclosing occasion final week, together with launching a referral profit that enters those that make two referrals right into a raffle to get a ticket to the occasion.
The Tesla Cybertruck additionally arrived in South Korea final week, presumably to be licensed to be used on the nation’s roads, although it’s not clear how the pictures could be associated.
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