A Tesla CyberCab, or Robotaxi, Tesla used the names alternately, seen with a guide wheel: lift problems.
Last year, Tesla unveiled the CyberCab, a two-seater electric vehicle, a guide wheel that the automaker says will force a fleet of self-driving cars while driving.
At the presentation, Tesla made some trips in the vehicle, but on closed circuits on personal roads with teleoperations. The vehicle did not demonstrate much more complex functions than what it has already deployed in visiting vehicles.
Many industry observers are skeptical of the vehicle because it is based on the same “full autonomous (supervised)” generation in Tesla’s existing vehicles. However, Tesla is betting that it will be “unattended” during the time this vehicle goes into production in 2026 because it doesn’t have a guide wheel to be “monitored” like Tesla’s existing customer fleet.
As we’ve reported, the only knowledge you need to have in Tesla’s comprehensive self-driving program suggests that this is highly unlikely.
But now, a Tesla CyberCab has been spotted with a wheel at GigaFactory Texas:
The photo was taken through Joe Tegtmeyer, who flies drones at Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory in Austin.
Some have wondered if the symbol shows a wheel or a shadow, but it becomes quite transparent that it’s a guide wheel when you play with the symbol’s contrast and exposure:
This raises some questions. Some wonder if this means that Tesla is also making plans a customer edition of the vehicle with a guide wheel, however, this sounds like a thought of thought as Tesla has insisted that this vehicle be released without a guide wheel.
The maximum maximum explanation is probably that Tesla is a guide wheel to check the vehicle with driver supervision, since its existing generation is based on it. It also allows you to bypass reporting regulations related to autonomous driving verification programs.
I’m saying that from day one, this is going to end up as the long-awaited “Model 2” or whatever I end up calling it. Tesla will never have an L4 diversity with cameras alone, and that thing too far in design to Tesla’s criteria not to target production one way.
Of course, it’s also going to be a bizarre cybertruck, as it’s also coming with big sales statements and a lot of pre-orders that won’t materialize into the predicted sales, in this case not because of the value or range, but because the last thing Americans need is a two-seater lift, especially one without a rear window, especially if/when the Bolt and EV3 must have at the same value.
It’s also appealing in the context of Elon Musk’s recent claim that Tesla is achieving “unsupervised autonomous testing” with employees.
We dispute this claim, that he made headlines while playing a video game, because Tesla does not have a self-driving control license. It turns out it’s with the supervised rideshare service for Bay Area workers announced last quarter or the limited Cyber Check on Personal Roads at Gigafafactory Texas that we’ve noticed before.
This cyberCab with a guide wheel may show that Tesla is achieving those supervised trials, which would make more sense.
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