“We’ll see if this works.”
Elon Musk
Last night, Elon took the stage and unveiled two of the most amazing new products I’ve ever seen: the Cybercab and the Robovan. Our cities are about to look very different.
‘What the Heck Is That?’
“You see a lot of sci-fi movies where the future is dark, dismal. It’s not a future you want to be in. We want to have a fun exciting future that, if you could look in a crystal ball and see the future, you’d be like, ‘Yes, I wish I could be there now.’” – Elon Musk
At first, I thought it was a Cybertruck. But as Elon pulled up, you could see it was something very different: the new Cybercab. This is the first vehicle I’ve ever seen with no steering wheel.
The Cybercab will provide fully autonomous taxi rides. Elon plans to have it available as soon as 2026.
With no human driver, the rides will be dirt cheap. Elon projects a price of around 30-40 cents a mile.
With the short, urban rides I take, I could go from paying $10 to $1. Unbelievable. Meanwhile, longer trips would become affordable.
If you want to buy your own Cybercab, they won’t cost much:
“We expect the cost to be below $30,000.”
That’s incredible. A fully autonomous vehicle for the price of a Toyota Camry.
This thing will take over the market.
A Bus Unlike Any You’ve Ever Seen
But what stole the show was another new vehicle: the Robovan.
“Can you imagine going down the streets and you see this coming towards you? That’d be sick!”
The Robovan can seat 20 people. It can be used for people or cargo. It has no driver or even visible wheels.
I’ve never seen anything like it in my entire life.
Nobody really wants to ride the bus. But who won’t want to ride in this?
I can’t tell you how much this hits home for me. I’ve taken the bus since I was a little boy, all the way through to today.
Growing up in Northern Wisconsin, we often waited an hour or more in deep snow, wondering where the bus was. Once we got on, it was slow, smelly, and stopped running at 6 o’clock.
If I get to ride in a Robovan before I die, I’ll lose it! And it could be available in just a few years.
Transportation in the Robovan will be even cheaper than the Cybercab — 5 to 10 cents a mile, by Elon’s estimate.
Rock, Paper, Scissors
If that wasn’t enough for you, Elon also showed off the latest Optimus robot.
He makes an interesting point: the motors, AI systems and batteries in the cars are the same ones he uses in the Optimus. The cars are already out there in the millions, and soon Optimus will be too.
The Optimus is not demo-ware. Elon let them loose in the crowd.
They played rock, paper scissors with guests and even served drinks! And when they danced, they did the robot.
“I think this will be the biggest product ever, of any kind.”
With Optimus in the home doing housework and keeping us company, and more of them in factories and on farms, I don’t doubt Elon is right.
AI will give us infinite human intelligence. Optimus will give us infinite human labor.
The future will be unlike anything we’ve ever seen. It will be awesome.
“The cost of products and services will decline dramatically and basically anyone will be able to have any products and services they want. It will be an age of abundance the likes of which almost no one has envisioned.”
Wrap-Up
This is the wildest demo I’ve ever seen, from any company. I cannot wait to step into a Robovan and shake an Optimus’ hand.
What do you think of the Tesla demo?
What a way to head into the weekend!
There will be no blog on Monday for Columbus Day. Have a great weekend, guys!
P.S. The demo starts at the 52 minute mark in the video, if you want to watch it yourself…which I highly recommend!
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