"Two seats unlocks a lot of opportunity aerodynamically," said Eric, Tesla's lead engineer on the Robotaxi project. "It also means we cut the part count of Cybercab down by a substantial margin. We're going to be delivering a car that has roughly half the parts of Model 3 today."
The most obvious cost-cutting method is ditching that pesky steering wheel and pedals. Who needs those in a car that's supposed to drive itself, anyway?
But there are also smaller changes, like only featuring three physical switches: two on the center console-the purpose of which has been argued to be either for the windows or doors-and one for the dome light.
Another example is the roof, which you'll notice is metal rather than glass. Folks on Twitter who were at the event say that while the metal roof may be cheaper...
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