Elon Musk showed off Tesla’s robotaxi on Thursday night — and one of the first people to ride it told Business Insider what it was like to take a trip in the so-called Cybercab.
Tesla fan and investor Matthew Donegan-Ryan attended the glitzy launch on a film lot at the Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank, California, and said he was impressed by the ease with which the Cybercab dealt with obstacles.
He described it as “much smoother” and less jerky than the latest version of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving assisted driving software.
The Cybercab, Tesla’s first robotaxi, was revealed alongside a 20-person Robovan. It will have no steering wheel or pedals and will charge via wireless inductive charging.
Musk heralded the futuristic vehicle as a step toward an “age of abundance,” but the launch left Tesla facing questions over regulatory …