At a livestreamed event this evening, Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed off the company’s new Cybercab and shared some details about Tesla’s plan to launch its own robotaxi service.
Almost an hour after Tesla had said the debut event would begin, Musk was escorted by a man dressed as an astronaut to the butterfly doors of the silver prototype. He took a quick, seemingly driverless jaunt through the dark, ghostly streets of the Warner Bros. Studios in Southern California, before emerging from the car to take the stage.
Musk, an admitted collector of missed deadlines, has been promising Tesla self-driving tech [since 2016](https://www.wired.com/2016/10/teslas-self-driving-car-plan-seems-insane-just-might-work/). On Thursday evening, he made a few more promises. Full self-driving (unsupervised), a technology meant to be autonomous, will be available in California and Texas next year, Musk says. He says the Cybercab will go into production in 2026, and will eventually cost less than $30,000.
“I think it’s going to be a glorious future,” he said.
Right… because a taxi cab that can only fit 2 people makes sense…
ThaddCorbett on
We’ve waited so long for this that i can no longer feel the hype.
if its for real, awesome. save the cities. if not, not going to loose sleep over it.
asvezesmeesqueco on
After delivering a truck that is not suitable as a truck, he will deliver a taxi that is not suitable as a taxi and still with the risk of killing several people, since he cannot make the self-driving work safely!
ftgyhujikolp on
FSD isn’t working still. This claim seems dubious, even without considering the source. According to that person, we’re supposed to have full self driving cars, currently have people on Mars, and autonomous humanoid robots replacing human workers in warehouses, oh and full self driving semis taking over the trucking industry, and hyperloops, and so on.
Honestly, I didn’t expect wired of all places to publish repeats of the continuous flow of questionable claims.
SlaimeLannister on
That this is considered futurology stems from society’s inability to imagine a world without capitalism
frokta on
If it was actually here, how come nobody has seen one except for on Elon’s fanclub show? I think it’s here the same way the roadster & FSD is here.
TimeTravelingChris on
It’s not here. It won’t be anywhere until 2026 “maybe” according to Musk.
ambermage on
In the video, you can clearly see a man operating the vehicle controls from the opposite side of the street.
He controls the car from his phone, and he’s inputting commands one at a time and confirming visually that reach command is being followed.
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At a livestreamed event this evening, Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed off the company’s new Cybercab and shared some details about Tesla’s plan to launch its own robotaxi service.
Almost an hour after Tesla had said the debut event would begin, Musk was escorted by a man dressed as an astronaut to the butterfly doors of the silver prototype. He took a quick, seemingly driverless jaunt through the dark, ghostly streets of the Warner Bros. Studios in Southern California, before emerging from the car to take the stage.
Musk, an admitted collector of missed deadlines, has been promising Tesla self-driving tech [since 2016](https://www.wired.com/2016/10/teslas-self-driving-car-plan-seems-insane-just-might-work/). On Thursday evening, he made a few more promises. Full self-driving (unsupervised), a technology meant to be autonomous, will be available in California and Texas next year, Musk says. He says the Cybercab will go into production in 2026, and will eventually cost less than $30,000.
“I think it’s going to be a glorious future,” he said.
Thoughts?
Read the full story: [https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-cybercab-is-here/](https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-cybercab-is-here/)
Right… because a taxi cab that can only fit 2 people makes sense…
We’ve waited so long for this that i can no longer feel the hype.
if its for real, awesome. save the cities. if not, not going to loose sleep over it.
After delivering a truck that is not suitable as a truck, he will deliver a taxi that is not suitable as a taxi and still with the risk of killing several people, since he cannot make the self-driving work safely!
FSD isn’t working still. This claim seems dubious, even without considering the source. According to that person, we’re supposed to have full self driving cars, currently have people on Mars, and autonomous humanoid robots replacing human workers in warehouses, oh and full self driving semis taking over the trucking industry, and hyperloops, and so on.
Honestly, I didn’t expect wired of all places to publish repeats of the continuous flow of questionable claims.
That this is considered futurology stems from society’s inability to imagine a world without capitalism
If it was actually here, how come nobody has seen one except for on Elon’s fanclub show? I think it’s here the same way the roadster & FSD is here.
It’s not here. It won’t be anywhere until 2026 “maybe” according to Musk.
In the video, you can clearly see a man operating the vehicle controls from the opposite side of the street.
He controls the car from his phone, and he’s inputting commands one at a time and confirming visually that reach command is being followed.
He’s standing in the darker area wearing black pants and a hoodie.
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