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Tesla reveals fully autonomous car designed for robotaxi service
Tesla revealed this Thursday, the 10th, the prototype of its first fully autonomous car. The Cybercab is designed to perform robotaxi services and promises to be able to transport passengers to any destination without human intervention. The announcement was made at Warner Bros. studios, in California (USA), at an event called "We, Robot", in a nod to Isaac Asimov's classic science fiction work, "I, Robot".
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CEO Elon Musk was responsible for presenting the car that should begin production in 2026, without pedals and steering wheel it will cost around US$30,000. During the event, Musk also revealed another new product from the automaker, Robovan. The electric vehicle was designed for passenger transport and holds up to 20 people.
Star of the night, the Cybercab announcement comes after years of incorrect predictions by Musk. In 2015, the billionaire stated that a fully automated car would be a reality within the next two years. A year later, he was talking about a vehicle for 2019 that was so safe that the user could even sleep during transport. Despite this, as many automakers have subsequently discovered, autonomous driving is a complex undertaking.
Although many vehicles today already have automation that, in theory, allows the driver to delegate some functions to a computer, the person behind the wheel must still always be attentive and ready to react if the vehicle faces an unexpected situation. With automated cars, Tesla already faces a series of lawsuits related to fatal accidents involving its vehicles.