Tesla Just Released Robotaxi: Everything You Need to Know

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[@williamtedford8092]

Dr. Know it All just confirmed over on his channel that the Robotaxis at the event were carbon fiber vinyl wrapped; but will change once they get into the production versions.

[@miketubbs1198]

They need those large doors to give better access inside for cleaning...a much larger opening.

[@annieng86]

Love the idea of groups using their combined robot power for community projects

[@Beatles4Sale.]

10% stock drop today. Wall Street doesn’t have a clue what happened last night.

[@DG-hw8it]

Insider trading...🤭🇺🇸

[@rjsanoy]

It's been a pattern for recent tesla events

[@rikmarx107]

Wall street loves to manipulate all stocks , thats all they do .

[@sprytnychomik]

I think they do...

[@jaymesdevine7737]

No new products for at least 2 years. Thats why the stock price sank like a rock.

[@wydryfly]

The Robovan design reminded me of the Guild Navigator’s transport from the original 80’s Dune movie. “I see plans within plans”. “Many new machines”. 😮

[@briandoe5746]

Most importantly. Everything he showed off was so amazing that he literally announced skynet and people missed it....

[@ZedZardoz9]

80% probability of a favorable outcome.

[@southofhollywood4199]

A few years ago, everyone was excited about "autonomous flying taxis" that would be similar to drones. The city of Los Angeles actually approved Uber to use the technology. That was a total bust. This seems more realistic.

[@secretknowledge1223]

In 1970, Joni Mitchell sang in “Big Yellow Taxi” that “they paved paradise to put up a parking lot.” Sixty years later, we’ll be on our way to replacing those parking lots with parks by 2030.

[@rikmarx107]

Joni Mitchell turned 80 november 7 , 2024 , thats a long time already !!

[@jaymesdevine7737]

Elon says there will probably be more cars once robocabs appear. Because they are so cheap to use, people will use them more. Probably lead to more parking lots.

[@ohkee]

Love this comment.

[@secretknowledge1223]

@@jaymesdevine7737 Considering the low cost of robotaxi rides, it is highly likely that many people will opt not to own their own cars. With these robotaxis transporting us, the need for extensive parking lots will decrease, potentially allowing for more parks.

[@jaymesdevine7737]

@@secretknowledge1223 The cars have to park somewhere when not in use.

[@ScottKirkwood]

The original boring tunnel site had a pretty large van that could hold 14 people.

[@TheCebulon]

For me, it seemed also that the robots were remote operated. The conversations were to fluent and somehow more human answers. Including that happy birthday scene. The arm movements reminded me too as movements from CP3O. A robot would not move the arms, because there is no need to, and it wants to save energy.

[@OuterSpaceDogs]

No.... We all need to receive Elon as the most honest business man in order for you to fully trust the dream Elon and his group of Engineers are providing us. If you keep telling yourself, yeah there's a dude behind the joystick, well, you will never ever appreciate Tesla and even buy the Stock at he low price that you should.

[@diytesla]

Yea they were human operated and weren’t hiding it.

[@DJ-Illuminate]

I assume you don't use ChatGPT voice much. It is as functional as the robots voice and can interact the same way.

[@diytesla]

I was at the event yesterday

[@travis938]

full remote operation for 1 dollar an hour or less from india is still cheap labour until its fully autonomous litterally 1-2 year later when they are ramped huge and to help train them... weather fully autonomous now dont matter its few years away only...and the potential production ramp could blow most peoples minds

[@imjody]

Crazy that they revealed the Robovan at the same time! Two awesome products!

[@alesh2275]

I totally can see Robovan going through the Las Vegas tunnels!

[@OuterSpaceDogs]

RoboBus will be great for Intra College Boring Tunnel to transport.

[@alesh2275]

@@OuterSpaceDogs for campuses that have a lot of snow.

[@CowboyOdie]

That robovan looked fake to me. With all that skirting and it’s one inch ground clearance, it looks like a float in a Christmas parade. And it most likely was built the same way; a clad shell slapped on remote control frame. I liked it better when it was under the tarp.

[@alesh2275]

I was expecting Robovan to be articulated so it can maneuver inside Las Vegas’ Boring Company tunnels.

[@terrysullivan1992]

Lots of cool stuff and lots of questions on how things will work out. I don't think there will be much less traffic as the same amount of people will want to go places as they do now, maybe even more. Just less cars sitting at home or in parking lots. Actually; I think people will go out more with the per mile cost less than owning a car and much more comfortable driving conditions. As far as FSD coming with the robo taxi model; it kind of will have to if there aren't controls. Seems like there might be two models. Parking lots to parks ? Maybe some or parts of some, but there will be lots of folks who take their own car to places and want to have it parked and waiting for them. Lets not forget that the parking lot land is very valuable and private owners will most likely want to develop it. So governments will have to buy the land to make parks. Parks don't generally make money, whereas buildings and businesses do generate money for cities.

[@WentzCraft]

Puppeteered largely especially the voice communication.

[@anthonycarbone3826]

I do not see the initial robots being multifaceted or multi functional. It may be able to accomplish various routines but the routines will have to be programmed by the owner. This would involve scheduling the tasks into a routine where the robot was trained in each task. I do not think a human has their life organized in such a way that a robot could adopt to the idiosyncrasies of the human. It would be more training the human to serve the needs of the robot so that it can carry out the tasks. This would work for a solitary human but throw in a family unit and the complexity would increase exponentially.

[@JoaquinClay]

Tesla will change the world more than most people can imagine.

[@aleydrus8067]

I think the change will be a lot more underwhelming than most people realize. What will really change is automated trains that arrive every 2 mins.

[@Ok_Thanks]

No it will not. Lol.

[@LyuboRyuk]

​@@Ok_Thanks Tesla is not "a car company". So you will be surprised. You'll see.

[@LyuboRyuk]

Cool

[@rox282]

I sell land on the moon

[@brianholding4357]

A huge benefit of parks not car parks is cooling effect of all that greenery, plus some benefit for wildlife too, as well as minor flood mitigation, what's not to like! And yet further sound absorption.

[@travis938]

no ones turning their extremely valuable private commercial real estate into parks.... thats dilllusion

[@stephenwilliams2421]

Jack-knife doors would be better... same access but the doors take less space. The butterfly doors will still get in the way of traffic when they open.

[@Joe4show]

Tesla said the Robovan can be a RV so at some point they will sell it!

[@hardyvonwinterstein5445]

Can I buy that cleaning robot with Full Self Cleaning?

[@lex-jimm6371]

without the Supervised option

[@brendandouglas-henry905]

If it doesn’t come with a steering wheel then autonomously driving has to be included or else there is no way to drive

[@NightNurseMike]

55:40 (on teslas video) what’s up with the headlights? They project onto the ground like lasers! HOW did you miss this detail lol it was the first thing that looked new I noticed

[@cimexs6952]

Yeah I wondered if they could use light projection and cameras to act like lidar.

[@NightNurseMike]

@@cimexs6952 I was wondering if it was to minimize light pollution as these things will be driving around day and night nonstop, right? I’m picturing you driving down my street. It would be nice if it only shown light where it needed.

[@NightNurseMike]

@@cimexs6952 I wonder if they shine in an extended spectrum beyond visible light to help in inclement weather too.

[@NightNurseMike]

@@cimexs6952 minimizing light pollution is really interesting. If the lights can be aimed precisely where needed, that could help reduce unnecessary spillage into the environment, which is great for urban areas where light pollution is a concern. As for using an extended spectrum beyond visible light, that’s a smart idea! Using wavelengths outside the visible spectrum, like infrared, could indeed help with seeing through fog, snow, and rain. Infrared can penetrate these obstructions better than visible light, which could enhance the vehicle’s ability to navigate in challenging weather conditions.

[@cantingpython1809]

the bots were 100% teleoperated. no way they programmed the bots to pose for photos. Also the movements seemed like a person trying to move something with no sensors and lag. Not very precise and very floaty hands. Shows the bot can still do it hardware wise but they are not there software wise

[@jordan_BTC]

EDS!!!

[@gimmieboy]

How will they be just on the road? I'm lost on how this would change parking lots and road traffic.

[@rikmarx107]

Parking lots will change in to green parks with trees and grass , dont be lost , there is need for that o.k. ?

[@gimmieboy]

​@@rikmarx107 you didn't answer anything. It's a real question to learn more about the robo taxi.

[@geirmyrvagnes8718]

@@gimmieboy You can look at time. If cars are on the road 10% of the time, they are parked 90% of the time. If you increase the first number by moving from a private vehicle to a taxi service, the first number goes up, so the second must go down. You can look at cost. If people replace owning a car with taking robotaxis because they are cheaper all things considered, there will be fewer cars. You can look at specific locations. If there are easier and cheaper ways to get to the sportsball stadium than a private car, you don't need the huge paved desert around them. Take a random American stadium and compare it to European stadiums with metro stations next door. They are in a city, not in a forest or a parking desert. All of these comparisons are massively simplified and debatable, but basically that's it.

[@gimmieboy]

@@geirmyrvagnes8718 great information. Thanks

[@AnonYmous-rw6un]

Hyperbole to say no parking lots, but certainly can reduce parking lots by increasing vehicle utilization and not having to park right at the destination. Consider how many lots are empty most of the time.

[@NMGOQITHAKHELI-p4y]

Very good Elon congratulations well done 👍🏾 sir ❤❤❤

[@ojanazizi5752]

Team, I want to bring your attention to some nugget that I noticed during October 10th presentation ceremony. One Optimus, that was behind a table and handing guests gift bags, appeared to me that was asked by a woman to give her a different bag. The Optimus then appeared to tell the woman something like 'if you want that bag you have to challenge me on it with a rock paper scissors game, then the two participated in the challenge. I highly recommend going over last night and find it.

[@walterlowe8322]

90% of Uber & taxi rides are one or two people. Driving in stop-and-go traffic on I-90, I-93, and I-95 in Boston, and on I-635 across north Dallas, I observed that most cars by far only had one, some two, people, in each car. If every one of those cars had been electric cybercabs, there would have been the same number of cars, and the traffic would have been just as slow. While the air would be much more breathable, I fail to see how replacing ICE cars with one person each with cybercabs with one person each, or empty busses that can carry 45 people with empty robovans which can carry 20 will have any effect on traffic. And if you think those parking lots will become parks, you are naïve. They will become offices or apartments. Guaranteed.

[@DJ-Illuminate]

Also, people will be taking their private cars to work and sending them home if they can't find parking. This adds more cars to the road.

[@petersachs764]

I'm not 100% sure why the rear needs to be for luggage and not for additional passengers. Does it tapering in the rear really have such aerodynamic benefits?

[@keithosiewicz4340]

How about if autonomous vehicles can tailgate at 65 miles an hour without a significant chance of an accident? I am just speculating but I don't see why this couldn't happen.

[@keithosiewicz4340]

@@DJ-Illuminate But the idea is the private car you took to work will be driving around picking up and dropping people off while you are in the office. Theoretically this means the same number of cars will be on the road not more.

[@-whackd]

The autonomous car replaces multiple cars, and they do it through adjustable pricing.

[@SuperHeroFX]

lol you should change the name of your show to “Bots and beards “ lol

[@veronicangatia4879]

amen car is good

[@OuterSpaceDogs]

I need that Giant Loose Mecha Hand. I want one and weld it on my car roof. ASAP

[@sherizaahd]

I'd like a Robovan.

[@jonolavabeland8042]

You guys are giving Tesla way too much slack and credit

[@darmou]

Even Elon himself admitted in the presentation that his timelines are overly ambitious

[@LoganX00]

I thought this was going to be a critical look at the presentation given Tesla's history. Nope, let's ignore everything and take Elon at his word. Cybertruck presentation was basically a lie top to bottom, roadster is how many years late now, I own a model Y but I don't take anything out of Elon's mouth as truth...

[@ApolloIB]

And you aren’t giving enough credit. There’s not a single other company in the world that is this exciting or ambitious, other than SpaceX. Especially others in the auto business. The rest are all boring and show no signs of innovation.

[@lollihonk]

​@@LoganX00yeah take his word because he fulfilled all what he said who cares if it's late? It comes and that's the point! Other car manufacturers have nothing but prototypes over prototypes.

[@vigglesworth216]

In the long run why would tesla sell cars to the public if they could monopolize all transaction.

[@gmy33]

Elon said this long time ago .. they are not a car company and eventually they will stop Selling cars

[@Nine9Hundred00]

8:20 Can't you see how everything you say here is contradictory ? So the cost of rides will be lower, resistance to spent a lot of time in a car will be lower (because you can do other things than drive) and people will ride alone. And yet, there will be no traffic ??? How does that work ? There's no magic here...

[@kain6996]

Shhh this is a Tesla dick riding space not a logic space.

[@surferdude4487]

Part of the plan is tunnels. When we can make traffic 3 dimensional, traffic jams go away. Edit: And, if you have to sit in a traffic jam, the car is doing the driving.

[@kain6996]

@@surferdude4487 yes because “just one more lane” will work this time because it’s underground Edit: and if it doesn’t solve traffic you can look at your laptop or phone while sitting in your car. Wait I can already do that in stop and go traffic why did no one tell me?

[@Nine9Hundred00]

@@surferdude4487 Ah yes, we are going to make $0.2 per miles transportation a reality by invoking magic low cost tunnel. Tunnel will always be much more expensive than surface road.

[@surferdude4487]

@@kain6996 Uh, no. If you're playing with your phone or laptop while you are supposed to be driving, you need to be charged. That's illegal and more important, dangerous. Just don't.

[@Raistlin306]

If the parking lots turned green, this would help with climate change as well.

[@steve.k4735]

agreed but that's a LONG way off until such time as self driving vehicles have replaced a very large proportion of normal vehicles, even if FSD was developed tomorrow its still 20 years to replace the fleet

[@hectorarcelus6602]

Thank you for your overview.

[@aaronbounds1336]

The car cleaning bots are akin to manufacturing robots. Tesla already makes those, its just a different setting.

[@seant1325]

RoboCab: thinner stainless steel. TeslaBot: puppeteers for more complex interactions

[@rogerferreirabatista]

@12:16 it's asked if the car would cost $30k with or without FSD. I believe it's with FSD included otherwise, what would you do with a car that don't have steering wheel and the pedals?

[@Nine9Hundred00]

If you extend that logic slighty further you can also determine that Musk has to be lying. Why on earth would they sell you a car they are confident could self drive for $30k ? Either they won't sell it to you or they are not confident it can self drive. If they sell it to you, it will have a steering wheel.

[@CowboyOdie]

Or they could charge $99/mth for FSD.

[@lex-jimm6371]

@@CowboyOdie or $99/mth for a sterring wheel ??

[@Nkmoodoff]

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[@michallondyn]

There wont be traffic anymore? It seems that there will be more traffic as more people will be using robotaxis instead of public transport. Imagine, everyone will call a robotaxi at 5pm to leave work. It is going to be a mayhem. I hope I am mistaken, but not sure how it is gonna be sorted.

[@AnonYmous-rw6un]

My thought is that the economics will push commuter pooling. If you still have everybody commuting solo, you'd still have low utilization. Public transportation, but more flexible and more point to point instead of hub and spoke.

[@donm2255]

When I was at Texas A&M, there was 30k students. Hard to imaging 77k people trying to get to their next class on a campus that large. Underground transportation makes sense there.

[@Skookman]

Today's stock drop mirrors my overall feeling of the event. It was poorly executed. The turn signal issue? Did he mention AI?I was expecting more of "the future is now" rather than the future is 2 years away.

[@travis938]

the future is hardware 5 not hardware 3 sorry and takes a year or 2 to get the new hardware fully optimized

[@kain6996]

Musk’s future has been “2 years away” for a decade. It’s literally all hype and nothing else.

[@lollihonk]

The stock always drops after the presentation because the most people don't see the potential but only the short profit...

[@Quickicecarreviews2]

I watched like the last hour of music and driving last night. Only got the last few minutes of Elon speaking. I noticed that when the totally autonomous model y were driving around on one closeup, a man was in front of one motioning for the car to come forward and the car did the cam then moved so idk if he did a stop motion and it did but I think everyone missed that the cameras in the cars and read hands now

[@chlistens7742]

I think there are a lot of things to work out still. with all of it... including the laws for each state and all. What i want to know is the run time of the Optimus. As for it they were running auto or remote i think auto.. all they have to do to be safe is have a tilt or push or gyro imbalance and have the robot pause and then work it out again. I am also guessing that most the time they were standing in place or slow walking. I also would not be surprised if they had a stop button for all vehicle's and robots that multiple people could have there just a stop and restart when safe. but as all things we shall see.

[@ZestyMars]

12:30 You'd think FSD would be included simply cause, how else would the car do anything, if they're selling it to consumers without fsd, you've just paid for the most expensive hang out spot ever, plays you movies music, but can't move? It just wouldn't make sense

[@Nine9Hundred00]

7:10 Autonomous car still take place and need to park! Theres' no magic here...

[@lex-jimm6371]

Occasionally they need space to temp park for cleaning and recharge. But for the most part they will be on the road traveling with curb spots for drop off and loading. So Rider1 then drive to pickup Rider2, etc. Don't need traditional 'parking lots', since it will be working much more of the time.

[@ianbelanger7459]

Some of the skepticism regarding overall system improvement with Robovan may come from the fact that transit system efficiency is governed by the nature of people. Technology has not been the limiting factor for over 60 years. Trains and trolleys have been able to accelerated and decelerate faster than is humanly comfortable for decades. People only move so fast and only like moving so fast, which is why most metros have a loading and unloading time at or above 30 seconds.

[@RobertDWilson81]

THE FUTURE IS NOW!!! Crazy to be here now and watch this piece of history unfold live right before my eyes and KNOW how important and impactful it truly is. 🙏

[@yourlogicalnightmare1014]

The future doesnt exist unless and until fsd is UNsupervised

[@jaymesdevine7737]

As a retired shareholder I was bummed by the event. No new products for at least two years. Thats not going to drive the stock price up. I'm slowly liquidating my stock to live. Would be nice to have a higher share price.

[@DR.LingeringFrey]

Have you listened to earnings calls?

[@CyberFridge]

Not financial advice since I'm not a licensed advisor, but have you considered looking at some Covered Call ETFs for cash flow. DO YOUR RESEARCH FIRST though! There are certain downsides to them and they're not right for everyone but if you want cash flow without liquidating assets, that might work for some people if you can deal with the fact that it will under perform the underlying stock. And there are a bunch of covered call ETFs for TSLA. Something to consider reviewing maybe.

[@yourlogicalnightmare1014]

​@@DR.LingeringFrey Anything E-lon participates in turns to a steaming hot pile

[@slowercuber7767]

3:45 I'm pretty sure the cost of the rovan would be around one dollar per mile. the ultra low 5 to ten cent per mile cost was per passenger in a fully utilized van.

[@travis938]

10,000 in electricity for 350,000 miles how is it dollar per mile where is the cost from .... would be closer to 30 cents or less. 80% people cant do basic math on fuel of ev vs gas... its wild basic grade 2 math

[@IndaloMan]

19 norms + 1 replicant in a RoboBus = Massacre Central 👍

[@glwilkins]

Interesting to see of someone who went to the event looked at the robotaxi and checked if those wheels are the new air free tires? can't tell from the videos when the hubcaps are sol large and covering most of the wheel.

[@CraigTilley]

How's that Kool Aid taste?

[@LauraKent-q3p]

Oh yes they get you to climb in and they take you where ever they want to !!

[@carlstefanmusic]

Hey! Thanks guys!

[@davesheffield3620]

What if some parts were stainless , the doors would be the obvious places for stainless

[@RMBooth]

I would hope if I’m going to buy my own personal cyber cab that I could connect a game controller to it so that I could manually drive it when needed. My biggest concern is parking it in unusual spots at home or needing to shuffle cars or maybe I want to drive the cyber cabinto the grass.

[@adamhayes3026]

Loved watching the event and was happy to see how many people watched it live. I would have liked a bit more detail. With the 3, Y, and CT they talked about a ton of stuff from range to cargo volume. This time was just "welp, there it is!"

[@dalemorgan8097]

Will it have a wheel? I think consumers are not ready for FSD, but they absolutely need a more affordable EV. I feel like this vehicle will sell really well as both a robotaxi, and as a car you can still drive.

[@NAY2GAS]

0:45 somebody said last night that was there live that they felt it, and it was all plastic.

[@dorifuto]

I love the name of the Ro-bovan!

[@jcfallows]

Mind blown! 🤯

[@pawelglowacki3771]

I think he meant RobOven ;)

[@jasoncraig3863]

(17:30) you bring up a great point... what if someone needs to pull over for having a medical emergency (like heart attack) and needs immediate attention and/or someone to call an ambulance for them? While having a heart attack, you can't necessary grab your phone and call 911 and say you need immediate attention and at the same time cruising around town. By the time you reach your destination, your heart might stop. Maybe if there is some voice activation like "Hey Taxi", "heart attack" and the taxi would immediately pull over and dial 911?

[@davidlemieux615]

There are already cameras on board. The rest is simply AI detecting a problem like an Apple Watch does.

[@NathanielRises606]

Let me break the suspense, there’s not a chance in hell those robots were operating autonomously last night.

[@dogtato]

you still need parking lots but they can be a lot denser if you can pack the cars in to queues because they're interchangeable

[@justinj.k.3597]

Tesla themselves said that Robovan will be convertable to goods delivery or RV. Which suggests me we WILL be able to purchase it.

[@youtubemakesmedothis7280]

Those 'butterfly' doors don't look too practical to me.

[@Dontslaythybroski]

Epic epic epic event! Wow

[@bryanmcgill3317]

Cooooolest moment mankind has seen in a long time. WELL DONE, ELON and TESLA!

[@cmw3737]

It'll mean less parking space (which will end up as whatever the economics dictates, not likely to be parks) but how is it going to get rid of traffic? If it's cheaper to go from A to B more people will wan't to go from A to B. All at 2 people per Robotaxi. It's not a solution to mass transit. It makes car ownership optional and using them more convenient which saves time and money so great but you'll be sat in traffic more, just doing something else while you're in it. Robovans will only increase this substantially if groups are going on the exact same route, otherwise it's a luxury bus.

[@ronboFPV]

I would put the kids in one or more Robocabs - Robotrain and my wife and I would follow in the Caboose.😎 Nice video guys, thanks 😀

[@belgarion0013]

Great as usual! The future is here!!

[@obiwanceleri]

Man the screen in the robotaxi IS HUUUUUUGE!

[@LJ-jq8og]

💪❤

[@Lovejazz01]

I loved the fact that Elon talked about getting rid of parking lots, that same as you guys talked about in your series some years ago…

[@oerantia9126]

To me the event said nothing about the 25000 car. Something I thought Tesla said something about in their Q2 2024 call and said they would be able to launch in 2025 and it would be a hybrid of their current manufacturing methods and new future manufacturing/platform methods. Any ideas on that?

[@MyDarkMuffin]

It'll probably be announced as deliveries start, announcing it too soon will just keep people from buying more of the other models.

[@davidlemieux615]

They cannot afford to speak of this prior to it being ready to sell. The Osborne effect. Which makes me feel old as I actually saw that happen!

[@oerantia9126]

@@MyDarkMuffin I always got the impression that the 25000 car would have a robot taxi version and a regular version, based on Musk’s words. I don’t see how people are willing to settle for just a 2 seater car at that price point. I always assumed the 25000 car would also be able to fit 4-5 people. Maybe another cabin version of the robot taxi will come, but extra seats and extra doors and all the other extras will raise the price. So it’s all odd to me or telling there might not be a 25000 car based on the robot taxi platform.

[@enthusia492]

I'm most curious about how DOT, NHTSA, NTSB, FHWA are going to approve Cybercab on the roads. Maybe there is some special arrangement with Texas and Cali? But once it starts spreading to other states, we come back to the same question that has been asked since we first had the idea of AVs... who is liable in a Motor Vehicle Accident?

[@travis938]

tesla already is in insurance if the rates of accident is less then your insurance less simple... how = massive amounts data proving exceptional reduction in crashes

[@AmateurBMS]

7:47 The special problem with too much space used for parking, is a North American zoning regulation problem. Fix your zoning issue and public transit will become viable.

[@Cool-gk8mc]

I see the point being made but here is another perspective. I actually know of an open lot in front of a mall. It got turned into a data center. I just do not see them becoming places for trees. Probably data centers and homes. Or a place to park since driving back and forth will be costly.

[@jdmather5755]

No, no Robotaxis were released. A preview of future product. (See past product previews.)

[@davidlemieux615]

I’m willing to bet you that we will soon see a slightly larger boring tunnel version made to handle objects the size of the ROBOVAN. And I’ll bet it’s best use will be as an industrial parts mover across massive distances.

[@havnfunb4]

people have a hard time dealing with the switch to EV's. It will be many many years before anyone has a robot and most likely only the rich and internet influencers that will be the early adopters.

[@joastark]

Robovan will be called CAT - (cyber alternative transport). A group of people in the future will say: Call a CAT.

[@seancollins9745]

Actually you can deep draw stainless as long as it's annealed, looking at the shapes, it looks like it could be be stainless, depending on how they divide the panels up

[@gustavoszulc5288]

I bet you, that the next spacex crew flight will use robocab/robovan to bring the crew to the pad

[@joeholbrook7560]

@@gustavoszulc5288 nice thought but I’m not sure they could enter and exit suited up

[@gustavoszulc5288]

@@joeholbrook7560 When Elon started the transmission he came in with Starman, that Easter egg gave me the clue.

[@TeslaEVolution]

This is great, but the question is about TIMING - how long will it take for this TRANSFORMATION? WS is impatient....

[@SabarishKrishnamoorthi]

In cyber can, since there are no pedals and steering, they can’t sell without FSD. How people use it without any steering. So $ 30,000 includes FSD. May be miles Restricting.

[@geirmyrvagnes8718]

It could include basic maneuvering via an app enough to get it off a flatbed truck and into a parking space? And the option to subscribe to FSD?

[@iimppy]

He said it right when he said. Age of abundance 😳can’t wait for this to start

[@ShpanMan]

Hey kudos to you, guys. I learned most of the implications of the cybercab with your brilliant series about self-driving future from years ago(no parking lots, efficiency, etc.), you did an awesome job with it!

[@ObviousNoob11]

Think about how long govt. approval for any of this will take. A large part of the population(voters) will initially not approve of this.

[@DJ-Illuminate]

Age of Abundance would be AI. What did they say in The Matrix movie? We marveled at our own magnificence. I assume we won't have a war and like Elon said we are 80% positive on AI. Still, if my cyber cab gets stuck in the snow I would be bummed if I couldn't help and over ride the AI. Maybe I could use my phone as a steering wheel or something.

[@kain6996]

I have a question for people who love the “your car can work for you model” what’s stopping a company from doing it right now with normal drivers? Just give the company a spare key let them know where your vehicle is located and how long it will be available. The company won’t have to maintain a fleet of taxis and you earn income from your car win win right? Oh you wouldn’t trust the company with your cars location? You wouldn’t trust the company or the driver or random members of the public with your property? You wouldn’t want to be possibly liable for damages done with your vehicle? Yeah that is a lot of issues… how many of them are solved by just replacing the driver with AI?

[@VilleWitt]

I think the butterfly doors is due to rain, less dirty doors, ease of entry, and notching not to pull the door.

[@MichaelHayesagent]

So if you already have a Tesla will they make the cars you own fully driverless ?

[@PygKLB]

It’ll be opt-in…at first.

[@salecousin5470]

Tesla first needs a license - so that you can use FSD in the respective federal states only then it can be approved

[@carolinebray82]

Damn Jessie lol 😂13:27

[@adamotlewski3799]

Tesla needs a better short term plan. Optimus and robocab are awesome and definitely the future, but it's going to take many more years (I am a daily FSD driver). In hindsight, instead of cybertruck they should have put all those resources into developing a small affordable car to compete with BYD etc for the next 5 years until robotaxi truly takes over..

[@surferdude4487]

A two seater. That's great for a taxi. What about luggage space? People grocery shop, go to the airpoert, etc.. That requires luggage space. Does the robo taxi have any?

[@youtubemakesmedothis7280]

A sensible question that could have been easily demonstrated. Looks like lots of room behind the front seats.

[@surferdude4487]

@@youtubemakesmedothis7280 Thanks. I'm blind and can't see that for myself. Can you tell me if it's a hatch-back or does one have to slide everything in from the door?

[@lex-jimm6371]

@@surferdude4487 they did not demonstrate luggage or packages - could be a TRUNK or seat might tip up to allow space behind seats. How do you make sure riders remember to take packages when leaving (screen app has weight sensors perhaps).

[@diytesla]

The prototype robotaxis yesterday were wrapped. Not painted and not stainless steel.

[@ianbelanger7459]

The push back on the Robovan may come from the fact that it is only a modest improvement on the trackless and tracked electric trolley invented over 100 years ago. Once there are tunnels, there is little infrastructure difference when compared to overhead lines and, without dedicated paths, there is no improvement in speed. It is probably a good business idea because cities in the US removed or otherwise neglected their mass transit systems, but in practice it is a cool bus or a heavy trackless trolley and has all the same urban planning issues the original technology had.

[@AnonYmous-rw6un]

It's a small bus. Buses are constrained by needing drivers. With autonomy on roads you can naturally downsize to optimize travel. A 2 seater and 20 seater are just the ends of the scale.

[@ianbelanger7459]

@@AnonYmous-rw6un It is a small bus. While there is a driver cost problem at present, that is a new problem and a function of the current state of the economy and the cost of labor. Labor was not a controlling issues from 1950-1990. Changing to autonomous vehicles does not change the human factors that currently control the through put of the car based system (subways and the like are ignored because dedicated infrastructure is a different discussion). Human drivers actually drive fairly efficiently given that humans are non-networked. For safety and comfort, autonomous vehicles will have similar following distance rules, acceleration and deceleration requirements and the same need to slow down in congested traffic situations as people. Without networked information, an autonomous car reacts to the same information that people do. The autonomous car is probably safer, but it is not faster. Looking from another angle, autonomous buses and cars have same loading and unloading times, the same loading and unloading space requirements (though parallel parking times would provably be reduced), and the system as a whole has the same network utilization issues (though with independent autonomous vehicle there would be no central ledger like a subway).

[@Tubeytime]

Some of the most important value Tesla is providing is the vision, which doesn't always come across in a slideshow.

[@Dontslaythybroski]

Im excited for the future