Tesla Vehicle and Robotaxi Engineering Leader, Principal Engineer - Cybercab Engineering Lead, Robotaxi Program, Development, Operations
San Francisco, CA
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Eric retweeted
This was a really smooth ride in Austin, thanks @robotaxi , @Tesla .
Low jerk and jounce, and better than any Uber, Lyft, Blacklane driver I’ve ever had. Super roomy and comfy.
Hoping the regulatory or navigation is approved for freeway driving and the map expands quickly. This is the future.
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1) Download Robotaxi app
2) Select Cybercab when booking your ride
3) Experience the future
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Eric retweeted
🚨| WATCH: Speed can’t BELIEVE he just spotted a GOLD Tesla taxi driving around Texas with NO ONE behind the wheel 👀🤯
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Back in the Bay Area a couple days and just want to go back to Austin for Cybercab....
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Eric retweeted
Cyclist is safe as Cybercab carefully passes him on narrow road in the hills
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Our unboxed process for Cybercab assembles vehicle modules in parallel & frames the car in one step at the end.
This streamlines automation & reduces the line size by half, unlocking much greater production capacity.
The first real revolution in automotive manufacturing in over a century
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Innovation was required to meet build rate and cost/mi targets
Our unboxed process for Cybercab assembles vehicle modules in parallel & frames the car in one step at the end.
This streamlines automation & reduces the line size by half, unlocking much greater production capacity.
The first real revolution in automotive manufacturing in over a century
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What I like about the Cybercab is that it only has two seats. In the eight years I lived in Los Angeles and had a Tesla S, I used four seats twice, and two seats four times. So, most of the time I was driving alone. A smaller car that’s safe and drives itself would’ve been fabulous.
I still can’t believe the entire outer body of the Cybercab is PLASTIC.
I think this is the first production Tesla vehicle built this way.
Tesla molds the COLOR directly into the panels using reaction injection molding.
Far from a traditional paint shop.
A process that can take hours with normal automotive paint can now take minutes.
Tesla says this cuts manufacturing emissions for those parts by around 35% and eliminates the paint VOCs from the traditional process.
And before anyone says, “But what about safety?”
The plastic exterior is not the crash structure.
The massive front and rear giga castings underneath are doing that job.
I rode in the Cybercab myself.
Trust me, it does NOT feel cheap at all.
It actually makes you realize what Tesla is trying to do here.
Fewer parts.
Fewer manufacturing steps.
No traditional paint shop.
Faster production.
Lower cost.
The unboxed process…
This is so much more than Tesla just using plastic to make a cheap car.
Tesla is completely rethinking how you build millions of robotaxis.
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Eric retweeted
Great time tonight with @WorldlyReviewer taking some flawless Tesla Cybercab rides on the Robotaxi app.
Make sure to give him a follow to see our videos together
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Eric retweeted
Someone made us roll our window down and asked us how to get a Tesla Cybercab. Told them just download the Tesla Robotaxi app. 😎
(Filmed in another Cybercab by @iliketeslas )
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