At a glitzy occasion held at Warner Bros. Studios Burbank in California, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the Cybercab: a robotic, self-driving taxi. Musk mentioned that the car, which has two seats, no steering wheel and no pedals, could be accessible earlier than 2027. “I think it’s going to be a glorious future,” he instructed the group on 10 October.
Meanwhile, simply a few kilometres south in Los Angeles, individuals are already being ferried about by autonomous autos operated by Waymo. It appears that the future is already right here…