And thats obviously… thats with the Model 3 and Model Y.
Before 2027, let me put it that way.
And as weve seen with other companies, thats a huge hurdle.
A screenshot from a concept video showing off the Tesla Cybercab, played on Oct. 10, 2024 in Burbank, California.Screenshot: Tesla
Were going to make this.
Musk said he thoughtOptimuswould be the biggest product ever of any kind.
Musk claimed the robot would cost $20-30,000 long-term, but didnt give details we hadnt heard before.
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Many experts are skeptical that Musk could meet that price point if he gets Optimus into mass production.
Musk has tried that sleight-of-hand before, with a human operator controlling thingsjust out of frame.
We didnt hear anything even approximating those kinds of details on Thursday.
The concept video for Elon Musk’s 16-passenger The Loop vehicle that never came into being.
Companies are already doing driverless taxis out in the real world.
AlphabetsWaymois operating in markets like Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The billionaire denied that story.
Chinese and other countries produced automobile and autonomous vehicles, Trump said.
Do you like autonomous?
Does anybody like an autonomous vehicle?
You know what that is, right?
When you see a car driving along.
Some people do, I dont know, Trump continued.
TRUMP: “Other countries produced auto-mobile and autonomous vehicles.
Do you like autonomous?
Does anybody like an autonomous vehicle?
You know what that is, right?”
Weve heard all of this before in some version or another.
Musk has been sayingfor yearsthat fully autonomous vehicles will be delivered so very soon.
Someone even created a video a couple of years ago collecting all his promisessince 2014.
Nobody knows what the future holds, and Musk does have a habit of delivering products very late.
Do you remember the 16-person vehicles he was promising various municipalities like Chicago and Las Vegas?
Musk called it The Loop, not to be confused with the Hyperloop.
That video has since been scrubbed from the internet.
Musk never delivered on a futuristic version of The Loop for Chicago or any other city.
Instead, he built a tunnel in Las Vegas with human drivers who are operating normal Teslas atslow speeds.
It was very disappointing, to say the least.
What are the odds that Musks new Cybercab becomes The Loop?
But that two or three-year timeframe doesnt make us very optimistic about the Cybercabs future.
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