CEO Elon Musk demonstrated Tesla's new self-driving vehicles, including the new Robotaxis and Robova, to more than three million people at the company's We, Robot event.
“One of the things we wanted to do, and we saw that with Cybertruck,” Mook said Thursday night at the company's event at Warner Bros. Studios in Los Angeles. “We want to change the face of the roads. The future must look like the future.”
Mook said Tesla envisions a fun and exciting future for transportation, as opposed to the dark, dystopian visions seen in science fiction such as the Bladerunner series.
“I love Blade Runner, but I don't know if we want that future,” he said. “I think we want the dust he's wearing, but not the bad apocalypse.
The presentation, which began late due to an emergency at the venue, featured 50 autonomous Tesla vehicles without a steering wheel or gas and brake pedals.
The show aims to showcase the company's advancements in self-driving technology. For those interested in owning a Cyber Cab, the vehicles will retail for less than $30,000, he said.
Musk says fully autonomous self-driving will roll out to the Model 3 and Model Y in California and Texas by 2025, while the CyberCab will go into production in 2026.
The highlight of the event was Tesla's new RoboVan, which can carry up to 20 people or goods.
Tesla's autonomous driving technology is powered by AI and computer vision, trained on data from millions of Tesla vehicles, which Musk says make them 10 to 30 times safer than humans.
I want to emphasize that the solution we have is AI and vision, so no cost is needed, said the CEO. “So the Model 3, Model Y and Model S that we're working on today will be fully autonomous, unsupervised, which means the cost of manufacturing the vehicles will be lower.
Musk highlighted that the Cyber Cab will not include a plug. Instead, Tesla is developing inductive charging technology to make autonomous robot taxis efficient and convenient.
While the audience cheered the innovation, viewers on Twitter were quick to point out the legal issues with having a car without wheels.
The event aired on X and featured Tesla's Optimus robots dancing, bartending and mingling with the audience.
Optimus says the robots are affordable, with a long-term cost of $20,000 to $30,000 and can perform a wide range of tasks.
“Everything we've developed for our cars—batteries, power electronics, advanced engines, gearboxes, software and AI inference computers—applies to humanoid robots using the same techniques. We've made a lot of progress with Optimus.”
As robots like Optimus become more commonplace, the cost of products and services will drop dramatically, Musk said.
“Anyone can get the products and services they want,” he said. “This will be an age of abundance, such as no one has ever imagined.”
Musk also told the audience that there is a future where cities can turn parking lots and garages into green spaces and parks.
“I think it's going to be an exciting time ahead,” Musk said. “It's going to be really special.”
Edited by Sebastian Sinclair.
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