Tesla has just reached a milestone in its autonomous vehicle push. Its first purpose-built driverless vehicle just rolled off the Gigafactory Texas production line, the automaker claimed in a social media post on Tuesday.
The Cybercab is the company’s answer to Alphabet’s Waymo robotaxis and the Amazon-backed Zoox pods. The two-seater coupe, unveiled in 2024 at the company’s We Robot event, comes without a steering wheel or pedals. It’s guided by the company’s Full-Self Driving (FSD) software, which is also an option on its passenger vehicles.
CEO Elon Musk has made the stakes clear. Robotaxis—along with Tesla’s humanoid robots—are central to the company’s future and could unlock trillions of dollars in value.
Musk said on Monday that production of the Cybercab was on track to begin in April. So it’s possible that these are early production units, with mass rollout slated to start in the second quarter of the year.
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