FIRST RIDE: Tesla Robotaxi – Our Driverless Future Has Arrived!

It's finally here: Elon Musk has revealed his long-awaited autonomous Tesla Robotaxi – also referred to as the Cybercab – at an event in Los Angeles, USA.

Looking a lot like the VW XL1 (remember that?) the Robotaxi has no steering wheel or pedals and just two seats. As the name suggests, its crisp flat surfaces and full-width light bars have more than a passing resemblance to the Cybertruck, too.

This, then, is Musk's vision of a grand autonomous future, and he promises the Robotaxi will be in full production by 2026, with prices starting from $30,000.

A fleet of 20 fully functioning prototypes were built to run around the Warner Bros. Studio lot – the venue for Musk’s big reveal – and take passengers on short, obstacle-laden routes. Top Gear duly hailed one, so join our Editor-in-Chief, Jack Rix, for a first ride in the new Tesla Robotaxi…

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00:00 Intro
03:20 Robotaxi
04:55 Robotaxi Ride
08:12 Walkaround
10:36 Chat with Chief Designer
13:30 Tesla Bot
15:12 Chat with Marques Brownlee
24:22 Conclusion

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[TopGear]

Would you take a ride in one of these?

[ilovehim]

Miss a payment and the car will literally drive itself back to the dealership 😂😂

[NoXic]

"I'm having a beer - because I'm not driving." Was the best argument in the video! 😁

[aircraftmech]

Marquess conversation was probably the best part of this, next to Frans.

[kojolaing]

I was shouting at the video: “SHOW US THE VIEW LOOKING FORWARD FROM INSIDE THE CAR!!”

[thanos]

We are in the Detroit Become Human Timeline

[亞米歐弟沒有]

Now we just wait 3 years for another 10 years

[LeanSpeck]

15:29 "There's a dinosaur in the back of that Cybertuck"
- Marques Brownlee 2024

[TeodorNastase]

5:52 "I've got my window open for some reason, how do I close my window *visibly confused face*" - current tech in a nutshell

[nootzu]

That pinky S2000 on background was awesome 😍😍😍

[zentravel]

Dude Tesla's biggest investor Ron Baron walking alone right behind you and you didn't grab him for a quick interview damn.

[Axrx]

Top gear has given as a clue on how the last few episodes of topgear will look like.

[LORDFROMUDD]

8:27 Devon Aoki’s S2000 just chilling in the back

[forthrightnight]

Having Franz stop by and give you time, upped your street cred by about a zillion. I know Top Gear is a bit of a thing but, seriously, Franz?
Nice one dude.

[hackman-hackman]

2:09 “I might get beaten up because I have got a different color”

Man just summarized most of human history in one sentence

[aaon]

“Slightly dorky personality that they’ve uploaded to Optimus” lol, it’s a dude standing 40 feet away behind a false wall my guy. Optimus neural nets ain’t trained yet.

[azamatnogoev]

Suki’s S2000 in the background just looks awesome

[ChefRichardWilkins]

I can’t believe people believe the robots were speaking by themselves 😂

[tipoomaster]

Pretty sure there's people responding via telepresence, not an uploaded personality. The voice is a giveaway. Lots of clips on reddit of them responding just like human and being cagey. If that was real they'd be screaming from the rooftops they have a model that's way better than OpenAI's voice demo lol, which they aren't, it's just humans talking.

[jldstuff]

Lol Ron Baron walking right by you at 14:40