Elon Musk has unveiled Tesla’s long awaited self driving Robotaxi which he claims will revolutionise personal transport.
The Tesla Cybercab was unveiled at an event in California on Thursday evening alongside a prototype for a 20-seater Robovan, both of which ditch conventional controls like steering wheels and pedals in favour of a fully-autonomous driving experience.
Elon Musk who serves as Tesla’s chief executive and the company’s largest shareholder, expressed confidence in the progress the electric car firm has made on autonomous driving technology in recent years, though said the Cybercab would not be available before 2026.
Tesla began selling the autonomous software, which is called Full Self-Driving, nine years ago but there are doubts about its reliability.
“We’ll move from supervised Full Self-Driving to unsupervised Full Self-Driving. where you can fall asleep and wake up at your destination,” Mr Musk said. “It’s going to be a glorious future.”
Tesla expects the Cybercabs to cost under $30,000 (£23,000), with the company expecting to make the Full Self-Driving technology available on its popular Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in Texas and California next year.
He then introduced the robovan which can carry up to 20 people though offered few further details.
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