The long-awaited Tesla robotaxi may have been introduced for the first time by the electric vehicle (EV) specialist, less than three months before the self-driving car’s launch.
A video uploaded by Tesla to the social networking platform X – formerly Twitter – shows a brief photo of an interior design we’ve never seen before, with front seats but no front steering wheel.
Tesla is set to launch its robotaxi on August 8.
Based on previous reportsTesla’s robotaxi – rumored to be ‘Cybercab’ – will not have a steering wheel as it is designed as a solely autonomous vehicle, removing any controls that would allow a human to take control.
An interior image also shows that the front seats are essentially one unit, separated only by a fold-down armrest, more like a classic bench seat than the two individual seats found in most cars. modern vehicle.
Later in the video, we see the basic conceptual structure of what is understood to be a robotaxi – although there appears to be two separate front seats. Maybe this is Tesla’s take on the old-fashioned division bench.
Oddly for a taxi, there doesn’t seem to be a back seat.
While we haven’t seen anything regarding the robotaxi’s exterior design, a biography of Tesla CEO Elon Musk — published last year by Walter Isaacson, who worked for the operator for two years – previously claiming it would look more like an automated taxi. Electronic truck more than the quantity sold Sample 3 And Model Y Tram.
“At a design review one afternoon in February 2023, [Tesla head designer Franz] von Holzhausen introduced the robotaxi and [US]Cars worth $25,000 are placed next to each other in the studio,” an excerpt from Mr. Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk wrote.
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“Both have the futuristic feel of the Cybertruck. Musk loves designs. “When one of these appears on a street corner, people will think they are seeing something from the future,” he said.
Although Mr. Musk said in April 2022 the robotaxi would enter mass production by 2024, it remains unclear whether it will meet that deadline based on previous timing between the top model of Tesla and the first models were built.
The Tesla Cybertruck was first revealed as a concept in 2019, and although the brand intends to begin production as early as 2021, customer deliveries won’t begin until November 2023. .
Similarly, the Tesla Semi electric truck was launched in 2017 and deliveries are expected to begin in 2019, although the first mass-produced vehicles will not join until December 2022. Pepsi’s fleet of vehicles.
The upcoming launch of the robotaxi also comes amid growing scrutiny of Tesla’s semi-autonomous driving system available across its core model lines.
In 2019, Mr. Musk said there would be “more than a million Tesla vehicles on the road with Full Self-Driving hardware” by mid-2020, potentially allowing drivers to fall asleep behind the wheel.
After first being made available only to ‘beta’ testers in the US in September 2021, Full Self-Driving (also known as FSD) has been made generally available to all Tesla vehicles in The US is likely to run the system by November 2022 – without needing approval from road safety regulators.
Tesla markets its Full Self-Driving feature – technically a Level 2 autopilot system, despite its name – as having the ability to accelerate, brake and steer itself, with the system said to have the ability to navigate, change lanes and follow the instructions of road signals.
Teslas with FSD were soon recalled in February 2023 due to concerns they were not fully compliant with traffic safety laws, and an over-the-air update was rolled out to address the defect.
FSD still does not have regulatory approval in the US, although its beta tag was removed late last year.
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