"Tesla will begin producing the Cybercab, an autonomous electric vehicle with no pedals or steering wheel, this April at its factory in Austin, Texas, CEO Elon Musk said during the company's shareholder meeting Thursday. His comments on Cybercab came just moments after shareholders overwhelmingly approved a compensation package for Musk that could be worth as much as $1 trillion in company shares - the largest in corporate history."
""We've got the first car that is specifically built for unsupervised, full self-driving to be a robotaxi called a Cybercab - it doesn't even have pedals or steering wheel," Musk said, adding there will be no side mirrors either. "It's very much optimized for the lowest cost-per-mile in an autonomous mode and production is happening right here in this factory, and we'll be starting production in April next year.""
"Tesla has yet to demonstrate that its cars are capable of driving themselves at scale without a safety monitor, despite years of promises. Musk's comments seem to conflict with Tesla chairwoman Robyn Denholm, who recently told Bloomberg the Cybercab would include a steering wheel and pedals as a backup plan. Tesla once planned to make a version of the Cybercab with a wheel and pedals, but Musk killed the idea and opted instead to make very stripped-down versions of its cheapest cars."
Production of the Cybercab, an autonomous electric robotaxi without pedals, steering wheel or side mirrors, will begin in April at Tesla's Austin, Texas factory. The vehicle is optimized to minimize cost-per-mile in autonomous mode and was unveiled as built for unsupervised, full self-driving. Tesla claims a manufacturing cycle time of about 10 seconds versus one minute for a Model Y, projecting potential annual output of two to three million units. Tesla has not demonstrated its cars driving themselves at scale without safety monitors. Company governance approved a compensation package potentially worth up to $1 trillion.
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