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Why would anyone choose an Uber or Waymo vs. THIS…? Cheaper. Safer. Fully autonomous. And it looks like it came straight out of the future. That’s the Tesla Cybercab. I really think it’s game over.

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LVC9 days ago

Cheaper, cooler, no driver arguing about the route. The hard part was never the pitch deck. It was making that screenshot feel boringly obvious. Unfortunately over here in Europe they'll let us have it in 2069

Amber Carmichael 👽9 days ago

game changer 🔥 game over

Tesla China and Vancouver owner9 days ago

No doubt people will chose cybercab , the question is how soon tesla can scale it to meet the demand?

Sheep Suit9 days ago

Sixty years thinking the future would be shiny silver and it turns out to be satin gold.

Bullish Otter8 days ago

And no tips needed!

David Chan9 days ago

Unless it rains or is foggy or has a fire truck

𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐄𝐋 𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐈9 days ago

Cheaper… for who, and when? Near term, Cybercab still has to eat: government fees commercial insurance engineering + R&D debt parts network that barely exists power / charging grid that isn’t built for fleets A human Uber driver? No fleet payment No electric car high prices for parts No nationwide service grid that isn't there. No regulatory stack priced in yet. So yeah... the finished product looks like the future. But until the debt is paid down and the structural grid for parts and power is actually there… paying a driver is still the cheaper.

Mike Travels Royal Caribbean9 days ago

The only thing is 2 seater. Larger groups need another choice, however there will be a next generation cybercab to accommodate

Adams9 days ago

The golden future

Relaxing News9 days ago

Even an Uber driver with 19k rides and 4.9 stars we’ve all had that thought when they don’t speak a lick of English.

OG Frost9 days ago

The future of rideshare is looking less like Uber and more like a sci fi movie. 🤖 @DoggieMode definitely knows where it’s going. 🐶⚡ $DOGGIE

W9 days ago

완벽

Anthony Miller9 days ago

You all or so clueless. The software will be opensourced. Chinese companies have driven over 100 million miles unsupervised They all operate at a loss vs investment Thats a 2 seater. People will choose larger cars for the same price when the market is flooded. l

Alex Bch9 days ago

austin wait times already kinda answer this

Ronald West9 days ago

No most people have family and friends won’t use this 💩 #Tesla #Cybercab is a joke compared to using #Uber or #Lyft

HandsomeHank9 days ago

Agreed, if given the options of all 3, cybercab/robotaxi hands down… there is not a better option.

ternorr9 days ago

🥇

matt9 days ago

Why pay more for less when autonomous rides are heading this direction? Game changer.

Prateek8 days ago

To be fair, Waymo is marginally safer than cybercab ATM. But the extra cost is too high to justify the marginally extra safety. Overtime, more than 90% of the market will conclude that the extra safety is not worth the extra cost.

Chansoo Byeon9 days ago

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Amie🥇9 days ago

I like this take. It feels balanced.

Ben YY9 days ago

The future arrives with a surprisingly aggressive seating limit.

Daniel Vincent Alvarado 🇺🇸9 days ago

That Cybercab still looks like it came from next decade. Very cool.

john toher8 days ago

Waiting for the doors to be sheared off in a crowded city street

Karen Kaiser9 days ago

Tesla has had multiple problems with their non driver cars including endangering & killing human life

AMPed UP9 days ago

Look how far out this Uber driver is. Watch right side. He decides to accelerate to rush the advanced green but already turned red. Pedestrians have already started crossing and are halfway . I also go. Uber in Toyota RAV4 slams on the brakes. This is exactly why no one will never wanna choose an Uber. As @chansoo correctly noted for years… they are leech company. I can’t wait till they go bankrupt.

Clear Eyed Take8 days ago

Bc they have own car and live in burbs and it’s free? Bc they live in blue city and don’t like musk politics and will use their right to spend their values ?

Nyck S9 days ago

Tesla explodes and burns and you 💀

Finance Wisdom9 days ago

If it’s cheaper and safer, fleet economics and charging/coverage matter more than looks.

GT9 days ago

Don’t forget Cleaner. So many Ubers are crappy inside.

Jessie Espino9 days ago

because @Tesla @robotaxi is not fully available in Houston 😕 will always love @Waymo tho 🤍

WW8 days ago

Look at the size of the trunk! And virtually no trunk lip. Nice!

teslachoi테초이9 days ago

With its overwhelming cost advantage, safety, and futuristic design, Cybercab is poised to be a true game-changer in the ride-hailing market. It clearly signals a shift in autonomous mobility leadership toward platforms that deliver both economic viability and technological perfection.

H3nk9 days ago

The product edge is compelling, but “game over” starts when Austin proves the unit economics at scale—roughly 45 Cybercabs cannot create the same network effect as ~420 Model Ys.

Alberto Ortecho9 days ago

Which App do you use?

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Your car doors open sideways. My Cybercab doors open up to the sky. I literally tap “Open” on the screen… and the doors lift up for me to step out. And it’s cheaper. And it’s safer. And it’s cooler. And it drives itself. We are not the same… the Cybercab is the best.

Your car doors open sideways. My Cybercab doors open up to the sky. I literally tap “Open” on the screen… and the doors lift up for me to step out. And it’s cheaper. And it’s safer. And it’s cooler. And it drives itself. We are not the same… the Cybercab is the best.

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451,245 views • 10 days ago

I can’t hide it… Waymo is so fuckin UGLY. It has a massive roof LiDAR “hat,” radars poking out everywhere, 13 cameras + 4 lidars + 6 radars bolted on like it’s my kid’s sci-fi experiment for school. This car is over-engineered, expensive, and honestly all I can think about is not every company has a Franz and Elon. And they are losing $ on every single ride. On the other hand, Tesla simply has a handful of cameras that are hidden and integrated into the design. It utilizes pure vision AI. It’s clean. Its futuristic. It has a beautiful sleek design, and scales affordably to millions of vehicles. And all I can think of is when the Tesla Cybercab arrives, and owners can deploy their own Teslas into the Robotaxi network… it’s game over.

I can’t hide it… Waymo is so fuckin UGLY. It has a massive roof LiDAR “hat,” radars poking out everywhere, 13 cameras + 4 lidars + 6 radars bolted on like it’s my kid’s sci-fi experiment for school. This car is over-engineered, expensive, and honestly all I can think about is not every company has a Franz and Elon. And they are losing $ on every single ride. On the other hand, Tesla simply has a handful of cameras that are hidden and integrated into the design. It utilizes pure vision AI. It’s clean. Its futuristic. It has a beautiful sleek design, and scales affordably to millions of vehicles. And all I can think of is when the Tesla Cybercab arrives, and owners can deploy their own Teslas into the Robotaxi network… it’s game over.

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27,039 views • 2 months ago

If you’re in the Bay Area, go check out the new Tesla Cybercab on display at the newly renovated Tesla store at Santana Row! Huge congratulations to the Tesla team on an amazing renovation of the store. The new showroom looks absolutely stunning, and it’s one of the best places to see where Tesla is headed. I spent time there today and walked away learning even more about the Cybercab and Tesla’s vision for autonomous transportation. The attention to detail throughout the store is impressive, and the whole experience is worth checking out if you’re nearby. Seriously… go see it for yourself. Photos don’t do it justice. Trust me. If you leave that showroom understanding where Tesla is headed, you’ll walk out even more bullish on the company’s future than when you walked in. I think this is the best Tesla store in the world!

If you’re in the Bay Area, go check out the new Tesla Cybercab on display at the newly renovated Tesla store at Santana Row! Huge congratulations to the Tesla team on an amazing renovation of the store. The new showroom looks absolutely stunning, and it’s one of the best places to see where Tesla is headed. I spent time there today and walked away learning even more about the Cybercab and Tesla’s vision for autonomous transportation. The attention to detail throughout the store is impressive, and the whole experience is worth checking out if you’re nearby. Seriously… go see it for yourself. Photos don’t do it justice. Trust me. If you leave that showroom understanding where Tesla is headed, you’ll walk out even more bullish on the company’s future than when you walked in. I think this is the best Tesla store in the world!

Teslaconomics

37,028 views • 1 month ago

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Teslaconomics

473,915 views • 2 years ago

🚨 THE TESLA CYBERCAB LOOKS LIKE THE FUTURE - AND IT’S ABOUT TO REWRITE THE ROAD The Cybercab is more than a car. It’s a signal flare fired straight into the skyline announcing that the future isn’t coming - it’s clocking in for work. Sleek, sexy, unapologetically futuristic. Forget the yellow cab, the minivan Uber, the bland city fleet. This thing redefines the silhouette of traffic. If the Model S made electric cars cool, the Cybercab makes the rest of the road look medieval. The Cybercab is an infrastructure disruptor: Designed for autonomous fleets, built to run 24/7. Meant to replace entire swarms of city cars. Zero tailpipe emissions, zero legacy baggage. It’s the first vehicle that looks like it was designed for a world with no human drivers. And yes - people will roast it, meme it, obsess over it. But give it 6 months and your brain will do the same thing it did with the Cybertruck: go from “what is that?” to “oh, that’s just the future, get used to it.” Once these start rolling out in major cities, urban streets will split into 2 eras - Pre-Cybercab and Post-Cybercab. The road won’t change overnight. But its aesthetics just did. Source: Tesla, Tesla Owners Silicon Valley

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Mario Nawfal

27,699 views • 9 months ago

The Tesla Cybercab is basically the modern-day version of an elevator. Except instead of taking you up and down floors… it takes you wherever you want to go. You get in. Press a button. And it takes you there. That’s it. I think Tesla landed on a MAJOR hit product.

The Tesla Cybercab is basically the modern-day version of an elevator. Except instead of taking you up and down floors… it takes you wherever you want to go. You get in. Press a button. And it takes you there. That’s it. I think Tesla landed on a MAJOR hit product.

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26,315 views • 4 days ago

Just found out what the GTA 1 cutscenes looked like, and this shit looks like it came straight out of an indie horror game

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285,818 views • 8 months ago

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Dave Lee

593,390 views • 1 year ago

Tesla Cybercab production is set to begin next month in April. And once millions of these are in the streets, it’s going to feel like we suddenly jumped straight into the future. It’s honestly one of the most beautifully designed cars Tesla has ever made.

Tesla Cybercab production is set to begin next month in April. And once millions of these are in the streets, it’s going to feel like we suddenly jumped straight into the future. It’s honestly one of the most beautifully designed cars Tesla has ever made.

Teslaconomics

234,549 views • 6 months ago

BILL ACKMAN SAYS UBER $UBER MAY BE CHEAPER THAN PEOPLE THINK BECAUSE INVESTORS FEAR TESLA $TSLA The core debate is whether Tesla robotaxis destroy Uber, or make the Uber platform even stronger: - Uber has become a verb, which signals a dominant position in mobility - The fear is that Tesla’s robotaxi network could take over autonomous mobility - The counterargument is that users may still prefer one trusted app to find the fastest and cheapest ride, whether it comes from Uber, Tesla, Waymo, or another provider Traders are still not fully buying the Tesla robotaxi threat to Uber, pricing only a 17% chance that Tesla launches robotaxis in California by December 31.

BILL ACKMAN SAYS UBER $UBER MAY BE CHEAPER THAN PEOPLE THINK BECAUSE INVESTORS FEAR TESLA $TSLA The core debate is whether Tesla robotaxis destroy Uber, or make the Uber platform even stronger: - Uber has become a verb, which signals a dominant position in mobility - The fear is that Tesla’s robotaxi network could take over autonomous mobility - The counterargument is that users may still prefer one trusted app to find the fastest and cheapest ride, whether it comes from Uber, Tesla, Waymo, or another provider Traders are still not fully buying the Tesla robotaxi threat to Uber, pricing only a 17% chance that Tesla launches robotaxis in California by December 31.

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35,547 views • 13 days ago

Even my kids know that in a world full of Tesla Robotaxis, Waymo is dunzo. It’s really not that complicated. Waymo needs expensive LiDAR, radar, cameras, specialized hardware, detailed maps, and a massive amount of infrastructure just to operate in certain areas. Tesla’s approach is completely different. Cameras are cheap. Tesla can mass-produce vehicles at a scale Waymo can’t come close to, use the same AI system across millions of cars, collect massive amounts of real-world driving data, and improve the entire fleet through software updates. That’s where the economics become almost impossible to compete with. The cheaper you can build the car, the cheaper you can operate it, and the more vehicles you can put on the road, the cheaper you can eventually make every ride. Waymo might prove Robotaxis can work. Tesla’s goal is to make them cheap enough and build enough of them to be everywhere. That’s the difference people still don’t understand. This isn’t just about who has the better Robotaxi today. It’s about who can build millions of them, drive down the cost per mile, and scale across the world. Even my kids understand the end game. Tesla Robotaxis are going to be everywhere. In the world where Tesla Robotaxis are flooded all around the world, it will very difficult for Waymo to survive.

Even my kids know that in a world full of Tesla Robotaxis, Waymo is dunzo. It’s really not that complicated. Waymo needs expensive LiDAR, radar, cameras, specialized hardware, detailed maps, and a massive amount of infrastructure just to operate in certain areas. Tesla’s approach is completely different. Cameras are cheap. Tesla can mass-produce vehicles at a scale Waymo can’t come close to, use the same AI system across millions of cars, collect massive amounts of real-world driving data, and improve the entire fleet through software updates. That’s where the economics become almost impossible to compete with. The cheaper you can build the car, the cheaper you can operate it, and the more vehicles you can put on the road, the cheaper you can eventually make every ride. Waymo might prove Robotaxis can work. Tesla’s goal is to make them cheap enough and build enough of them to be everywhere. That’s the difference people still don’t understand. This isn’t just about who has the better Robotaxi today. It’s about who can build millions of them, drive down the cost per mile, and scale across the world. Even my kids understand the end game. Tesla Robotaxis are going to be everywhere. In the world where Tesla Robotaxis are flooded all around the world, it will very difficult for Waymo to survive.

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34,323 views • 2 months ago

Heck yea I’m Tesla crazy. And honestly, that’s exactly why I’m the investor I am today. I’m 36 yrs old, but I feel yrs ahead of people my age when it comes to understanding where the world is going. Many call this luck, but it isn’t. Many call this a coincidence, but it isn’t I have an obsessive personality, and instead of fighting it, I use it. When I fall in love with something, I dive all the way in, head in first. I study it. I live it. I breathe it. Every single day. And with Tesla, that’s exactly why obsession is my biggest advantage. When the stock goes up or down, I don’t panic. I know what I own. I’ve seen and used all the products, the tech, the mission, the vision. I’ve seen it all evolve. That’s why it’s so easy for me to tear out the emotions in investing. The product speaks for itself. This is why conviction matters. This is why going deep matters. This is why understanding what you own matters. And this is why I’m all in $TSLA.

Heck yea I’m Tesla crazy. And honestly, that’s exactly why I’m the investor I am today. I’m 36 yrs old, but I feel yrs ahead of people my age when it comes to understanding where the world is going. Many call this luck, but it isn’t. Many call this a coincidence, but it isn’t I have an obsessive personality, and instead of fighting it, I use it. When I fall in love with something, I dive all the way in, head in first. I study it. I live it. I breathe it. Every single day. And with Tesla, that’s exactly why obsession is my biggest advantage. When the stock goes up or down, I don’t panic. I know what I own. I’ve seen and used all the products, the tech, the mission, the vision. I’ve seen it all evolve. That’s why it’s so easy for me to tear out the emotions in investing. The product speaks for itself. This is why conviction matters. This is why going deep matters. This is why understanding what you own matters. And this is why I’m all in $TSLA.

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49,509 views • 9 months ago

Shoutout to all the fools that keep saying the Tesla Cybercab will launch with a steering wheel and pedals! 🤣 "It does NOT have steering wheel or pedals. It either drives itself or it does not drive." - Elon Musk on the Tesla Cybercab

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Teslaconomics

61,672 views • 7 months ago

I flew my drone through Austin while riding in a Tesla Cybercab. No driver. No steering wheel. No pedals. Nobody up front. I got in, set my temperature, pressed one button, and the car took me where I wanted to go. That’s it. The closest thing I can compare it to is an elevator. You don’t get into an elevator and think about who’s operating it. You press a button. The doors close. You arrive. Cybercab felt exactly like that… except it was moving me through Austin. And after experiencing it, I keep coming back to one thought... How does Uber compete with this long term? An Uber is still built around a human driver. You’re getting into somebody else’s car. Their music. Their smell. Their temperature. Their mood. Their driving style. Maybe they want to talk. Maybe they’re on the phone. Maybe they miss a turn. Maybe you just want to sit there quietly and get where you’re going. Cybercab removes all of that. The car pulls up. The doors open. You get in. Set the cabin the way you want it. Press Start Ride. And go. No awkward small talk. No tipping. No wondering who is picking you up. No driver needing to earn enough $ money from the trip. No business model built around constantly finding, paying, and managing millions of human drivers. Uber’s biggest asset today is its driver network. But in a world where the driver disappears… what happens to that advantage? Tesla builds the vehicle. Tesla builds the autonomy. Tesla controls the software. Tesla controls the app. Tesla can operate the network. And Cybercab itself was designed from day one around the passenger instead of around somebody sitting behind a steering wheel. That is a completely different model. Uber connects you with someone willing to drive you. Tesla is trying to make the driver unnecessary. Those are not the same game. And once Cybercabs become abundant, I'm talking in the millions, I think calling a stranger to come pick you up in their personal car is going to start feeling incredibly old-fashioned. That was the biggest thing I took away from riding Cybercab. It was how quickly every other ride-hailing company stopped feeling futuristic. After a few minutes, it just felt normal. And once transportation becomes that simple, I have a hard time seeing why anyone would choose anything else...

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60,815 views • 2 days ago

I just hailed a Tesla Robotaxi to go from East Beach Chrissy Field to Scoma’s Sausalito through the Golden Gate Bridge during the fog and rain at night (distance was 5.69 miles). Below is the price comparison of Tesla vs Uber vs Waymo. 🧵

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Teslaconomics

190,008 views • 1 year ago

This is the sad state of news these days. Today, a Waymo car crashed into another Waymo, but the media hasn't covered it at all. I've seen no articles. If this were two Tesla Robotaxis, it would be all over the news. Negative headlines against Tesla generate clicks. Ones about Waymo don’t as much, so most of the media doesn’t bother to write about it. Is this crash the end of the world? Absolutely not. But the media would certainly paint it that way if it were Tesla Robotaxis. Nonetheless, the work toward a safer driverless future presses on.

This is the sad state of news these days. Today, a Waymo car crashed into another Waymo, but the media hasn't covered it at all. I've seen no articles. If this were two Tesla Robotaxis, it would be all over the news. Negative headlines against Tesla generate clicks. Ones about Waymo don’t as much, so most of the media doesn’t bother to write about it. Is this crash the end of the world? Absolutely not. But the media would certainly paint it that way if it were Tesla Robotaxis. Nonetheless, the work toward a safer driverless future presses on.

Sawyer Merritt

473,552 views • 1 year ago