Tesla Steerless Car Actually Made!! Robo Taxi This Year
The steerless Tesla Cybercab Robotaxi is actually in production! But a brutal stage like a real running trial is still a challenge. ⚡⚡
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Tesla took another major step when the company's first uniquely designed driverless car, Cybercab, came off the production line at Gigafactory Texas. This was not just the launch of a new model, but the start of a new era for Tesla trying to transform itself from an "electric car maker" to an "automated travel service platform."
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Cybercab is clearly different from normal cars. It has no steering wheel, no pedals, and no space for the driver. Because its concept is to be fully automatic at birth. The car is designed to work with Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) software, which in the current Tesla car still needs to be manned, but for Cybercab, Tesla makes it at least theoretically "unmanned."
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The move comes amid stiff competition in the U.S. Robotaxi market; arch-rivals Waymo under Alphabet Inc., and Amazon-backed Zoox have all been developing their own driverless cars for years; and already being available in some areas, Tesla is not starting from scratch, but is stepping into a field where strong players have stood before.
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For Elon Musk, the Robotaxi business is not just an experimental project. He reiterated many times that this is the key to the trillions of dollars in the future. Tesla currently has trials of Robotaxi with the Model Y in some areas, such as San Francisco and Austin, despite the safety guards sitting in the car. Bringing Cybercab down the production line is a sign that the company wants to move beyond the experimental stage to a vehicle designed specifically for driverless service.
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The challenge, however, is not just the car itself, but the production process. Tesla aims to use a new production system called "Unboxed," which is the idea of assembling parts into separate modules and putting them together in the final stages. This approach is expected to reduce costs, reduce factory space, and speed up production. Musk even said that in the future it may produce up to 5 million Robotaxis a year, but recent history shows that revolutionizing the production process is not easy, and in the early stages, Cybercab production tends to walk more carefully and slower than expected.
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On the other hand, the FSD software challenge itself is also under the eye of a regulatory agency like the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In the wake of past accident cases, for personal cars, having a control reduces legal risk to some extent. But for Cybercab without steering at all, even a single crash can affect confidence and broad regulation.
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This year could be the juncture of the Robotaxi industry in the US. If Tesla can make Cybercab run safely, produce at a competitive cost, and expand services on a large scale, its business model will change completely. But if the manufacturing process stumbles or the software is not ready, huge expectations may be questioned. 🤩⚡
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Cr: insideevs
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