{"id":262255,"date":"2024-10-11T15:19:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T15:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/11\/elon-musks-tesla-cybercab-is-a-hollow-promise-of-a-robotaxi-future\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:53","slug":"elon-musks-tesla-cybercab-is-a-hollow-promise-of-a-robotaxi-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/11\/elon-musks-tesla-cybercab-is-a-hollow-promise-of-a-robotaxi-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk&#8217;s Tesla Cybercab is a hollow promise of a robotaxi future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11102659\/SEI_225263894.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2451548\" data-caption=\"The Tesla Cybercab has no steering wheel and no pedals\" data-credit=\"Tesla\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">The Tesla Cybercab has no steering wheel and no pedals<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Tesla<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>At a glitzy event held at Warner Bros. Studios Burbank in California, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the Cybercab: a robotic, self-driving taxi. Musk said that the vehicle, which has two seats, no steering wheel and no pedals, would be available before 2027. \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a glorious future,\u201d he told the crowd on 10 October.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, just a few kilometres south in Los Angeles, people are already being ferried about by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2387054-california-approves-driverless-taxi-expansion-in-san-francisco\/\">autonomous vehicles operated by Waymo<\/a>. It seems that the future is already here\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2451547-elon-musks-tesla-cybercab-is-a-hollow-promise-of-a-robotaxi-future\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The Tesla Cybercab has no steering wheel and no pedals Tesla At a glitzy event held at Warner Bros. 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