Tesla Cybercab Specs Revealed in EPA Documents, Autonomous Promises Remain Unproven
Tesla's upcoming Cybercab (Robotaxi) specifications have been revealed in EPA documents. The article expresses skepticism about Tesla's autonomous vehicle promises, noting that CEO Elon Musk has claimed for over a decade that Tesla vehicles would offer autonomous driving "in just a few years." While Tesla does operate some driverless Model Y Robotaxis in Texas, the article questions whether the Cybercab will truly arrive without a steering wheel or pedals as promised.
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We want to take Tesla's word that the upcoming Cybercab (a.k.a. Robotaxi) will arrive sans a steering wheel or pedals, but we've also learned to take the company's autonomous-vehicle promises with a grain of salt.
For more than a decade, Tesla's eccentric—to put it in the lightest and least divisive way possible—CEO has effectively claimed that the brand's properly equipped vehicles would offer an autonomous driving function in just a few years.
To its credit, Tesla does operate a handful of Model Y Robotaxis without drivers in Texas. While impressive, it's still not the privately owned autono
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