Tesla’s robotaxi trials may literally crash and figuratively burn, but it appears the company is still committed to releasing a car without a steering wheel, pedals or charging plug, which could serve as a poor replacement for the public transport projects its CEO loathes. In fact, the company is so committed to its Cybercab that it claimed on Twitter yesterday to have one already built on the production line – it’s right there in the photo, completely hidden by the workers. Don’t worry about it.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk does still committed to releasing the Cybercab within this calendar year at a price of “under $30,000”. according to Teslarati. Certainly, those prices and dates are entirely based on this a bet he made with a YouTuberbut that bet seems to have lit a fire under Musk and Tesla – the Cybercab, which Musk said would be “painfully slow” to start production just weeks ago, is now apparently here. Ignore the large car-shaped gap in the crowd directly in front of you, and focus on the small glimpses of the car you see among the workers.
There’s definitely something in that crowd
If this is indeed a production-spec Cybercab, expect to hear more about it soon. However, don’t be surprised if it’s a demo built for promotion or as an initial test of the redesigned assembly line. Or, who knows, maybe Tesla made exactly one car well before the others so his boss could win a bet with MKBHD. Stranger things have certainly happened at Tesla.
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