California, the overt Warner Bros Studio. This is it. Elon Musk, co-owner and CEO of Tesla Motors, which produces electrical cars, organized a large conference, or alternatively a large show, during which he presented his closest and most crucial plans. During the "We, Robot" event, the awaited Tesla Cybercab was shown, the eye in the head of a 53-year-old "genius and visionary", as its supporters call it. Musk with full expression, in his somewhat nonchalant style, said that urban communication to date sucks and shortly everyone will receive a better alternative. Cybercab has not only comfortable conditions, but besides small money to transport passengers. Opened on a futuristic note to the top of the door, 2 comfortable seats, a large multi-purpose multimedia screen placed in front of them and no steering wheel or pedals – this is the interior shown in the conceptual form of a neat car with a coupe sports line. According to plans, the price of a full self-propelled vehicle will not exceed $30,000, the cost of passing a passenger 1 kilometer will only be around 20 cents (no taxes), and production will start before 2027. On Cybercab, there is no end, for Musk besides prepares Robovan, who can prove to be both an unmanned van or minibus, carrying even 20 passengers.
Utopia? Not necessarily.
Suffice it to say that in San Francisco, Waymo successfully introduced to the streets a fleet of autonomous taxis, which became 1 of the main attractions of the city. In another part of the world, in Chinese Wuhan, or multimillion-dollar metropolis, this kind of car drives respective hundred. The first of them hit roads 5 years ago, which is why it is hard to talk about the spectacularly innovative pioneering patents Musk is preparing. – Modern cars “see” practically everything, they only have any locks in place to not yet service autonomous driving – explains Dr. Inż. Grzegorz Laskowski, Audi Polska expert, calculating the long list of cameras and radars equipped with German cars. According to the specialist, it remains to refine the processes associated with the alleged data fusion, utilizing a strong computer "robbering" real-time information from various sensors and sensors. A tune of the future? Listening to Laskowski, who mentions that as early as 2016 he had the chance to travel in a maintenance-free car on a test, specially prepared section of the A9 motorway (Monachium – Ingolstadt), 1 can conclude that this is closer than expected. Therefore, it is not the technology of the vehicles themselves that prevents autonomous cars from entering the remainder of the world, but the rules on traffic law and the infrastructure of cities and out-of-town routes, which require careful preparation. In the United States, Musk seems to be able to deal with both 1 and the another problem highly efficiently, due to the fact that the administration of the befriended and increasingly cooperating president Donald Trump without hesitation will light a green light before his ideas.
Sales results are dropping.
On the another hand, the intimacy with Trump brings much unexpected problem to Musk and may paradoxically inhibit his ambition to distribute autonomous cars signed with his brand. Recently, Tesla sales have been falling at an unprecedented rate, besides on the Old Continent. In Germany, losses are massive, reaching 60 percent in January 2025, compared to last year's figures. The admiration for Musk's method thought a fewer months ago, erstwhile during the "We, Robot" at the loud applause of the audience portrayed Cybercab and Robovan, is no longer so apparent and divides American (and not only) society. In the United States, any of Tesla's owners threw themselves at the hit sticker with the inscription “I bought it before Elon went crazy”, decorating his electrics with it. Others go 1 step further, and as part of the rebellion—not counting the losses—they sale their cars for outstandingly occasional sums. vocalist Sheryl Crow She put the video online, demonstrating the breakup with her black Tesla. – My parents always told me that you were who you were dealing with... Goodbye! – she spoke towards the vehicle leaving on the tow truck. To have nothing to do with supporting the far right Musk, likened by any even to Hitler. This comparison was made by left-wing activists, showing on the wall of a large mill Tesla close Berlin a projection with the image of Musko performing a motion resembling a Nazi greeting, marking the full with the inscription “Heil Tesla”. The atmosphere around a 53-year-old thickens. Often, however, widespread controversy is only water on a mill for large enterprises. Will it be akin for Musk and his dreams?
