Today, Tesla and Musk’s every move has attracted the attention of the global media, investors and technology enthusiasts.
What rushed into the hot search this time is the Robotaxi that Tesla has just released, this two-door sedan car with gull wing door design, named Cybercab.
Similar to the way Cybertruck is named, cyber stands for something related to the network or computer as a prefix, cab is a very colloquial expression for taxis, and the name Cybercab is intuitive.
Interestingly, unlike Cybertruck, which completely breaks the traditional concept of design, Cybercab has a bit of the charm of popular XL1, which was produced ten years ago.
Of course, these two cars are designed to pursue the extreme low wind resistance coefficient, so as to achieve the original intention of saving energy.
Musk said that Robotaxi is personalized public transport, the average travel cost will be greatly reduced, and people’s travel cost is still relatively high.
He expects Cybercab travel costs to fall to about $0.
20 per mile in the future, while vehicles will cost less than $30, 000 to build.
According to the plan Cybercab will go into production in 2026 and Tesla will produce the car at a very high output by 2027.
Mr Musk said Tesla was expected to launch unsupervised fully autonomous driving (FSD) in Texas and California next year.
He also said that the Robotaxi with FSD is about 10 times safer than human driving, making cars safer and making people spend the same time in the car as they do with their mobile phones, enjoyable and safe.
However, as a taxi, the Cybercab with gull wing door seems to be greatly reduced in terms of practicality, and such a small car does not seem to be able to meet the demand if there are more people with the same person.
Don’t worry, Musk has a “second move”.
At the scene of the press conference, Tesla also launched the Robovan driverless freight car.
Musk said the car, which can carry 20 passengers and can also be used to transport goods, is very cheap to use, about 10-15 cents per mile, which is much lower than traditional manually driven vans or taxis, thus providing a significant cost advantage for operators.
It is worth mentioning that, as a means of transportation in the future, Robotaxi, which takes the initiative to move, and Robovan, which is dual-use for people and goods, has made bold innovations in the interior design of the car, eliminating the long-standing steering wheel and pedals in the history of automobile development.
Both cars will rely on advanced sensors, cameras and software algorithms to achieve safe and reliable self-driving.
Then the problem arises.
Do you dare to take a car without a steering wheel and pedals? From a technical point of view, fully autonomous cars are designed to ensure safe driving through advanced sensors, cameras, radar and complex algorithms.
Ideally, these systems can detect and respond to the surrounding environment more accurately than human drivers, thereby reducing the incidence of traffic accidents.
Interestingly, we have actually experienced driverless vehicles without steering wheels and pedals many times-that is, the subway.
In the modern rail transit system of many cities, the fully automatic operation technology has been widely used in the newly built subway lines in recent years.
For example, in Shanghai, Metro Line 10, Line 14, Line 15, Line 18 and Pujiang Line are all driverless.
These lines show how advanced automation technology can safely and efficiently serve the needs of mass transportation In this way, it not only improves the operational efficiency, but also enhances the passenger experience.
Some time ago, Robotaxi, which was first put into use in Wuhan, caused a hot discussion on the Internet.
Instead of talking about how smart driverless taxis are, they are complaining about how “stupid” they are.
When you meet pedestrians at the intersection, you can only wait if you don’t dare to turn around.
There are even two Robotaxi cars that cause serious road congestion because of mutual comity.
Therefore, these cars are also called “vetch radish” by Wuhan people.
It can be seen that there are still many problems in the early stage of self-driving.
For Tesla’s Robotaxi, because its FSD system is not available in the Chinese market, businesses such as Robotaxi and Robovan are even more impossible.
At present, except for North America, Tesla’s application of self-driving technology in other parts of the world is still in a blank.
In order to change this situation, Tesla plans to apply to regulators in Europe, China and other countries for approval of the FSD supervised version of FSD software in V12.
5 or V12.6. At present, Cybercab may still be in the early stages of development, but this is undoubtedly a good start.
Looking back at the first introduction of the adaptive cruise system, few people could have foreseen that intelligent driving technology would develop to the level it is today, and the process did not take long.
This may usher in a new era.
It will be followed by a comprehensive reshaping of laws and regulations, systems and even moral standards.
After all, security is always the most important thing for Robotaxi.
With the development of self-driving technology, ensuring the safety of passengers and society will become the core consideration in the formulation of relevant policies and standards.
This is not only related to technological progress, but also related to how to build an efficient and reliable new travel ecology.
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