Tesla’s Cybercab robotaxi rollout: the biggest news and announcements

Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed a prototype of the company’s first fully driverless vehicle tonight during its long-awaited robotaxi event. The new vehicle is dubbed the Cybercab, and Tesla let guests at the event ride around in them at the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, California. The night’s surprise, however, was a brand-new “Robovan” transport vehicle that can be configured as “mass transit” or a cargo carrier. A few months later, the company launched a limited beta test of a robotaxi service in Austin, Texas. About 10-20 Model Y vehicles with safety monitors in the passenger seat gave rides to a handful of Tesla influencers for $4.20 a trip. For years, Musk has been promising that a driverless Tesla vehicle was just “two years away.” Many delays later, Musk has shown fans and investors something. Their reaction to the “We, Robot” event will be a referendum on whether Musk can deliver real self-driving technology that can compete with robotaxi companies like Waymo and Cruise. [Media: You can find out more about what Tesla announced at the event with our live coverage below.