Elon Musk finally unveiled Tesla’s latest vehicle, a driverless Robotaxi, at the company’s «We, Robot» event in LA.
Tesla’s long-awaited Robotaxi has finally been revealed.
Elon Musk showed off Tesla’s upcoming driverless taxi at its «We, Robot» on Thursday evening.
The unveiling took place at Warner Bros. Discovery’s movie studio in Burbank, California, which features a suburban lot. The location allowed Tesla to show off its autonomous driving capabilities without running into any unexpected situations with traffic.
Musk walked into the event and entered a sleek-looking silver Robotaxi, a two-door vehicle that opened upward with butterfly-style doors. The Robotaxi, also referred to as Cybercab, then took Musk on a ride around the lot before he exited and took the stage to kick off the event.
Musk said the Robotaxi has no steering wheel or pedals, and does not need to be plugged in. Instead, he said the electric vehicle relies on inductive charging and simply needs to drive over the charger to charge.
Musk said Tesla had at least 20 Cybercabs, and that there were 50 fully autonomous vehicles at the event, some of which were already driving around without any people in them.
Musk said Tesla would have unsupervised fully autonomous vehicles, the Model 3 and the Model Y, on the road in California and Texas next year, and that the Cybercab would be in production before 2027. However, Musk himself noted his tendency to be optimistic on timelines, regularly delivering products later than he initially estimates.
He also said the Cybercabs would be available to buy. He expects them to cost less than $30,000.
Tesla gave more details in a post on X, announcing that the Robotaxi service would have no driver fee and that the fully self-driving vehicles would use cameras alone, rather than radar or lidar equipment.
