The billionaire CEO said the new fleet of autonomous vehicles would cost $30,000 and launch before 2027, though Musk has blown by product timelines in the past.
On Thursday night, Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla, showed off the company’s new fleet of robotaxis called Cybercabs, electric vehicles meant to shuttle passengers without drivers.
Musk made the announcement at a highly-anticipated event at the Warner Brothers movie lot in Burbank, California. He arrived by being picked up by the autonomous cab, a matte gray vehicle that looks like a Cybertruck with more rounded edges, with no steering wheel or pedals inside, and doors that open upward like butterfly wings. Musk also teased a larger version of an autonomous vehicle called the Robovan, which can hold up to 20 people.
“With autonomy, you get your time back,” he said. “This is a very big deal.”
He said the Cybercabs would go on sale by 2026 and cost below $30,000 — though Musk has repeatedly blown past product launch dates. (He’s promised a robotaxi fleet every year since 2019.) “I tend to be a little optimistic on time frames,” he said at the event, before adding that it would be available “before 2027, I’ll put it that way.
