Tesla has set it as a goal that the brand must build at least 2 million driverless taxis – the so-called Cybercab – per year. And that in 2026 at the latest.
Tesla aims to produce 2 million Cybercabs per year, and this is expected to happen faster than first thought.
Ark Invest, which has long been bullish on Tesla, predicted that Tesla would be the first to scale the self-driving car-sharing/taxi business. And Tesla recently hinted that the brand expects the same.
During Tesla's presentation of the latest quarterly accounts, the car brand's director Elon Musk made the prediction that the brand will achieve mass production of the car as early as 2026.
– I am convinced that Cybercab will reach mass production in 2026. Not just the start of production, but mass production in 2026.
– These are significant numbers, but we are aiming for at least 2 million copies of Cybercab per year. These will be cars for more than one factory. But I think there are at least 2 million cars a year. Maybe 4 million in the end, Musk stated.
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Later during the same event, Musk and other Tesla executives revealed that the Cybercab is essentially the $25,000 corral that everyone has been waiting to see from the company.
The company thus maintains the conviction that the future of the automotive industry is self-sustaining. And that Cybercab is the brand's contribution to that future.
Tesla also pointed out that all Tesla cars can be self-driving. Analysts from Ark Invest believe that Tesla's production capacity already gives the brand a clear advantage.
"Of all the cars we have built, which is about 7 million cars, the vast majority are capable of driving themselves.
And we are currently producing around 35,000 self-stitching choir robes per week. Compare it with e.g. Waymos assembled a fleet there of less than a thousand cars. We're doing 35,000 a week," Musk noted.
However, it is important to keep in mind that Tesla has never made a fully self-supporting car. The brand or, for that matter, some of the competitors are not allowed to do that.
At least not yet. Mercedes is the car brand that is furthest ahead with technology. The Germans test self-driving cars at level 3 out of 5. In return, the brand has had to promise to take the blame for all the accidents the cars may have caused.
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