ANDn some film studies of Warner Bros. in Burbank (California) and before the spotlights that illuminated the protagonist as if he were a fictional super hero. As has been presented Elon Musk your new Cybercaba car that we will never actually be able to drive because it doesn’t even have steering wheel or pedals, since it is a robotaxi in which, in theory, its occupants could travel while they sleep.
This is the Tesla Cybercab_ according to Elon Musk
The movie event where Musk has acted as master of ceremonies to open under the name We Robot (We the robots), alluding to what was going to happen. And the first of them was this Cybercab with lines of coup and doors that open in scissors that promises to take us to our destination thanks to artificial intelligence.
18 cents every 1.6 km
Musk presented himself in this car of the future and announced that his new Cybercab will have a price per use about 20 cents per mile (18 euro cents every 1.6 km), so it will become a mode of mass individual transport. But he not only presents it as a vehicle of public service, but it ensures that private customers will be able to buy it for a price below $30,000 (27,436 euros). Clients who, according to the South African tycoon’s approach, would no longer need a driving license.
The Cybercab is a model of very clean lines, with a front featuring a thin line of led that runs the car from side to side, a cropped cap, nails large size wheels fairings to improve the aerodynamic coefficient and a rear in which the view rests on the pilots, reduced to a wide vertical line that covers the width of the car. In some ways (perhaps because of its coupe appearance) it reminds me of the car he drove. Will Smith in I Robot, although that one was actually inspired by an Audi R8. But while Yo Robot’s car didn’t show us how to charge it, we do know that it dispenses with cables (at least as a priority charging option) and has induction charging.
Rent it to earn money
Musk proposes that Tesla have a Cybercab’s own fleet that can be requested through a application, but that the Cybercab for individuals who want to win a extra money while they are not using them. Money that Tesla will take 25% or 30% of the earnings for each trip.
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Musk’s forecast is that the car will begin manufacturing in 2026although seeing how optimistic the richest man in the world is regarding production deadlines (there are, for example, the delays of the Cybertruck), we would not be surprised if it were delayed one or two years. Especially taking into account the aforementioned induction charging, which will require the construction of countless charging points.
Its approval will not be easy
But there is another major drawback, and that is the necessary approval from the United States National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration. General Motors already faced its strict regulations when it tried to homologate the Cruise (another robotaxi) and did not manage to overcome them, so nothing guarantees a priori that the Cybercab will overcome them.
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In any case, some of the brand’s fans will always be able to say that They have already ridden in a Cybercab because outside the studio where the presentation was taking place they were waiting 20 units to give them a spin.
By the way, although its role was less, the attendees were also able to see the Robovana kind of autonomous microbs with capacity for 20 people which could be used, for example, as school transportation… If parents are fond of leaving their children in a driverless vehicle.
