Arrival at the Event:-
Tesla just unveiled their robotaxi robots and much more regarding the future of autonomy I was at the event can’t wait to talk about it so let’s get into it all right am pulling up to the robo taxi event right now or really this is called the Wii robot event but everybody knows that this is going to at least unveil Tesla’s Robo taxi but leading up to this event there’s been all sorts of speculation .
The Unveiling of New Products:-
Most recently people have been speculating that they’re going to announce some sort of partnership with
rivan because rivan has actually been hinting at a lot of stuff that seems to align with this event and maybe they will be partnering in the future on self-driving people also speculated that Tesla would unveil a van maybe a drivable one or a driverless one on top of that Robo taxi or cyber cab and then whatever their next $25,000 vehicle could be this might just be some sort of altered Tesla Model y but we’ll see as always this event could just be an unveil of something they’re showing us for the future.
Maybe they’re just showing us what they can do but it seems like this really will be a product unveil if not a product launch as always when it involves autonomy we have to take some of this with a grain of salt and realize that Tesla does have to achieve full self-driving in order to deliver things like the fully autonomous Robo taxi so we’re taking that all into consideration .
When Tesla is showing us these new products as you can expect driving in is basically like a Tesla Museum I saw I think 20 cyber trucks all in a direct line brought the model 3 today but am excited to check out this event doors open in about an hour we’re in now and they gave us these light up badges for the Wii robot event and then a map of what all is going to be here that is pretty impressive there’s five destinations Westworld Metropolis Tesla theater New York and then merch and general admission boarding group times .
Optimus Robots Take Center Stage:-
So that is most likely the robo taxi ride not only is there a whole map of everything that’s here and all the different experiences but there’s general admission boarding times and I’m in group F which is the last group but it seems like they’re doing staggered groups for the robo taxi most likely unless we’re boarding something else but pretty exciting do wish could do it a little earlier all right we are moments away seems they just pulled a bunch of movie posters off the wall that are all themed and I’ve heard we’re all getting rides right above us.
Now though Tesla is doing a drone show which is pretty cool so we have gotten some product unveils here but at the same time we are just kind of here to experience this and experience what the future would look like with all these autonomous taxis going all over the place some current cars some new cars Vans and then Optimus robots will be roaming Among Us reportedly as far as a timeline for any of these products Elon confirmed that they are aiming to have unsupervised FSD on the model 3 and Y sometime next year in California and Texas.
Autonomy and Full Self-Driving Timeline:-
So I have theorized for a bit that they would probably geofence initially to be able to launch unsupervised FSD in certain areas and it looks like they are going to do that with Texas and California first and then he gave an ambitious timeline of 2026 for the launch of the actual Robo taxi but he did start that by saying he’s always optimistic the main speaking part of the event has now concluded and Elon unveiled a few pretty cool things .
Experience of the RoboTaxi:-
So first I was right in front of the main theater where he got into the Cyber cab I was able to get a really good shot of that which was pretty pretty awesome to see it’s the first time we’ve seen this design very much based on the Cyber truck it’s kind of like a cyber truck and model 3 refresh combo uh that’s how I feel about it but it’s much smaller and totally takes that design to the next level since then we’ve seen a bunch of model y’s roaming the lot completely autonomously but after the robo taxi was unveiled they started putting those all around this back.
Lot here at Warner they then follow that by unveiling the van the robo van that product looks absolutely crazy and it can seat up to 20 people apparently it’s really just a vision of what the future is going to be here and then from there we saw more Optimus robots Tesla really has gone all out with this event there’s music playing in all three different areas and there’s live musicians everywhere which I definitely appreciate but one of the craziest Parts is that Optimus robots are not only walking amongst people but they’re serving drinks to people in certain areas.
Going to go check this out this is just Tesla’s whole vision of the future they’re saying these products aren’t ready yet but they’re coming very soon and this is what we’re going to be doing with it I think a lot of people are going to be excited or not even believe that cyber B design that’s a pretty crazy one it almost seems fake but it was rolling it was a rolling prototype they don’t have people taking rides in that which I do think would have been kind of cool and would have actually allowed us to get a lot more rides going quickly but rides are currently going for the robo taxi .
I’m in the last group group f so I’m probably not going to be able to get that ride in for this video but definitely look out for that cuz I’m going to document that that’s very exciting it’ll be a very short ride but regardless it’s in their brand new car built on their new platform and the crazy thing about that as well is Elon said there are 20 of them right now so this isn’t just one robotaxi prototype they made 20 of them and they are fully functional roaming .
Inductive Charging Innovation:-
This lot right now we are fully aware that they have been here for a while mapping this area and making sure this would go on without a hitch but regard regardless it’s incredibly impressive and it’s literally just happening all around us like this they’re doing it with both the model y’s roaming the lot like this as we can see pretty good amount of them just going around and it looks like you can get rides in those which is somewhat impressive but everyone is also guaranteed a robo taxi ride so right now I’m just kind of sitting here waiting to see a robo taxi around the corner and there we go that’s it’s a really cool design it really does a good job .
I think taking what they’ve done with the Cyber Tru to a smaller package and people are talking inside there right now so I went over and checked out the van it’s very very cool that’s obviously a long-distant vision of the future for Tesla but it’s a very fully fleshed out prototype it has the cameras in the positions you’d expect them to be it looks very very good and the seats inside look great that’s obviously very intentional on their part to not make some kind of prototype that doesn’t look like it could Poss possibly come out this looks like it actually could be something that’s on the road in the future but the robotaxis everything is still just roaming around the lot it’s still just a really cool experience to be here right .
Now and then you go over to what is considered the Westworld area and that’s where all the Optimus robots are there are Optimus Robots dancing in sync with each other and then there are robots serving drinks there’s ones serving cookies to somebody and then there’s ones just walking around that you can fully interact with and I did a little bit they do talk but that I’m not sure if that’s working autonomously if it’s actually talking back with some sort of protocol there that theyve developed for voice or if maybe it’s just connected to someone that’s kind of working to play up the show of this thing and that’s really one of the big questions with this is how much of this is Show versus how much of this is really going autonomously we know that this route can be prepped and of course that makes sense it’s an event they want this to go well and they’re also dealing with people walking in front of these cars and everything but of course for them to actually achieve these things in the future they have to be able to be fully done autonomously not with some controls behind them or possibly someone running the cars behind the scenes.
Price Point and Market Impact:-
I don’t think that’s happening at all with these Robo taxis I think these are really just circling the lot but it’s doing it very reliably but of course we have to keep that in mind that this is a vision of the future perhaps one disappointment from this event is that we did not get a new product launch meaning we didn’t get the unveil of the refreshed model y we didn’t get the unveil of whatever that cheaper more affordable Tesla will be that we can drive because it’s clear from here that even their ambitious timeline is for 2026 to be the time that the robo taxi comes out and of course in elon’s mind that is their future that is where they are headed .
So that’s what matters most but in the meantime they do need to make a more affordable vehicle and we do know that they are planning to do so based on their current platform so this event was very much focused on robots yes it was called we robot just as we expected very much focused on Rob robots and cyber cabs and Robo taxis they also showed us where this can go in the future with the van and then the Optimus project roaming around and you can really see what it’s like interacting with people but for the near future we do expect some cars that we can actually purchase in drive from Tesla coming in 2025 .
One other pretty cool detail about the Cyber cab though is the fact that it does not have a charging port Tesla during the event showed off two different things regarding how this will operate and for charging it’s completely inductive charging they didn’t actually demonstrate it tonight but they showed a video of how that’s going to work and that’s essentially wireless charging it drives over a pad and charges that way so that nobody has to come over and physically plug in the robo taxi that’s also a technology that many do want to see in the future for themselves and in their garages and other situations but for now it’s absolutely necessary for the robo taxi unless they’re going to have people manually plugging in those Chargers of course that’s going to require some superchargers with inductive char charging pads into the future or you’ll have to have one installed in your house if you’re operating a fleet of these cars Elon definitely talked about the vision of people operating their own Fleet it’s like you own 20 of these Robo taxis.
Little as the human can do as possible is what really brings down the cost of transportation to get to these crazy numbers that Elon is talking about that wipes out all other forms of transportation one thing that Elon was pretty clear about in his presentation is that you will be able to buy a robo taxi and it’s going to be under $30,000 so that price point if achieved with this technology of course really takes on pretty much all other forms of transportation if you could buy one of these for yourself just to autonomously drive you around under $30,000 that is pretty incredible because it’s unsupervised full self-driving where you do not have to be paying attention.
Conclusion: Exciting Yet Cautious Optimism:-
Whatsoever so you could be doing work in the car on your long road trip or whatever you may need to do this would give a lot of time back to people at a very affordable price on top of that when you’re asleep or when you don’t need this car it can be out there working for you and that’s the Future Vision that this event is showing off robots that are doing impressive things like driving around for you picking up passengers doing everything autonomously but of course there’s always that caveat the caveat that Tesla and Elon have been promising this for quite a long time we’re finally seeing a version of full self-driving in people’s hands that is very impressive but it still has to get over that edge to the next level for regulatory approval to be unsupervised and much more I’m very excited to see what the future holds here though and do think that cyber cab Robo taxi design is a pretty great one what are your thoughts on the design thought .