In a couple of hours, Tesla will 'launch' the Cybercab ' a small, gold, two-seater sedan with no steering wheel or pedals that uses cameras and AI to navigate the world ' in its hometown of Austin, Texas. In the runup to the event, Tesla staged dozens ' perhaps more ' of its Cybercabs around Austin and in many other U.S. cities. At the time this story was published, 420 autonomous vehicles were registered in Texas, according to the state's automated vehicle tracker. Ashok Elluswamy, the head of Tesla AI, recently said in a post on X that the 'streets won't be the same anymore.' When another user wrote that Tesla is 'about to flood Austin,' CEO Elon Musk replied: 'Yes.' On Wednesday night, Musk posted a seemingly AI-generated photo of the Cybercab consuming the city alongside a massive dust storm. These gravitas-laced posts mark a departure from the company's go-slow-and-safe messaging in the months leading up to the event. Musk and other Tesla executives had previously professed...
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