You have Probably heard about the new Tesla car that will have no steering wheel or gas pedal. With this large announcement there has been a surprisingly small amount of details given to the public. There are many other things that were announced at the We Robot event.
The We Robot event was very exclusive with few people being invited. At the event many things that used AI and other robot involvements were announced. Around the event you could get a drink from Tesla’s Optimus robots at a bar and enjoy a ride in the new Tesla Robotaxi.
The Optimus 3 is a humanoid robot made by Tesla that uses AI to walk and perform other actions. As stated above the robots at the event poured drinks at bars all across the event. The purpose of the Optimus robot is to do dangerous, repetitive, and “boring” jobs that humans would usually perform.
Throughout the recent years Tesla has been updating their cars with features that experiment with the idea of a self driving car. They have made many modern cars drive themselves with the downside that a camera makes sure that you are still paying attention to the road as it drives. You also have the ability to have your Tesla in a parking space navigate through parking lots to head to the front of the store and pick you up. Many have experimented with this feature and have even used it in busy parking lots with people walking in the road. These features lead to the idea that Tesla has been working on self driving cars for a while now.
One of the largest announcements at the event came when Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, got out of a strange golden car, similar to the cybertruck, and announced that the car was fully autonomous. The Tesla robotaxi is a car with no steering wheel or gas pedals. This car was made to be lightweight and efficient for city travel. It has 2 seats, a large back trunk, and a screen with a 21 inch diagonal that you can watch movies on as you drive. The car with its lightweight design misses the front trunk that you can find commonly in electric cars and also has no plug in charger rather only having a wireless charging device it drives over. The car will have 200 miles of range. One of the most surprising announcements about this car is that it will come out before the end of 2026 at less than $30,000.
Something else announced at this event is the box shapes robovan. With its low to the ground structure many believe that a pothole would finish off the car. The solution, as said at the event, is that the clearance to the road automatically changes based on how bumpy the road is. The vehicle can seat up to 20 people facing each other. The robovan is supposed to be customizable into many different things from a school bus to camper. We still don’t know when the robovan will be released or its price.
With these large announcements with self driving cars Tesla will add the cybercab service that will allow the robotaxi, and any other Tesla car that came out after 2017, be able to function as your own taxi that you can allow to make you money while you are at work, sleeping, or any other time that you don’t need the car.
