Elon Musk Reveals Plans for Robotaxi and Cybertruck Production at Tesla Cyber Rodeo

Key Highlights

• Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla Inc., staged an extravagant party for almost 15,000 guests on Friday in Austin, Texas, to commemorate the company's newest product, Giga Texas.
• Tesla staged a "Cyber Rodeo" event to commemorate the opening of its $1.1 billion factory.
• The Model Y crossover car and the Cybertruck will be manufactured by Giga Texas.
• According to attendees at the Giga Texas Cyber Rodeo, Tesla has made a few additional enhancements to the Cybertruck.
• According to a tweet from one of the guests, the back glass of the electric pickup truck now has the ability to drop and also has a mid-guard to maximise the Cybertruck's cargo carrying capacity.

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Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla Inc., staged an extravagant party for almost 15,000 guests on Friday in Austin, Texas, to commemorate the company's newest product, Giga Texas. Tesla staged a "Cyber Rodeo" event to commemorate the opening of its $1.1 billion factory. The event featured multiple art displays created using hundreds of drones flying in formation.

Against the night sky, the drones displayed an image of Nikola Tesla, a Cyber Rodeo sign, a Model Y, a Cybertruck, and a Shiba Inu dog, among others. At the event, Musk, who appeared at the event wearing dark sunglasses and a black cowboy hat, said, "We're going to talk about the past, the present, and the future," as he displayed Tesla's first automobile, the Roadster.

Musk claimed that Tesla vehicles now account for two-thirds of all electric vehicles sold in the United States and lauded the Tesla AI team's efforts. Additionally, the millionaire CEO added that the Tesla Giga Texas is taller than the Burj Khalifa when turned on its side and could house 194 billion hamsters.

Elon Musk asserted, "The (Giga Texas) structure is the most advanced automobile factory the Earth has ever seen." He noted that the company has also begun manufacturing 4680 batteries in-house at its Austin factory, which could eventually become one of the world's largest cell factories.

"We're going to scale to a level that no firm has ever attained in the history of civilization," Musk stated. Musk stated when outlining the primary activities of Tesla's planned gigafactory, "Raw materials in, a bunch of stuff happens, and a car comes out," when outlining the gigafactory's primary activities.The Model Y crossover car and the Cybertruck will be manufactured by Giga Texas.

He stated that among the next products planned are a "dedicated robotaxi" that will "appear rather futuristic" and the Tesla robot Optimus to help usher in "an age of abundance... that will revolutionise the world even more than the automobiles." "Deliveries begin immediately," he said as he unveiled the first batch of Made in Texas vehicles at the event's conclusion.

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Tesla Cybertruck information updates:

According to attendees at the Giga Texas Cyber Rodeo, Tesla has made a few additional enhancements to the Cybertruck. According to a tweet from one of the guests, the back glass of the electric pickup truck now has the ability to drop and also has a mid-guard to maximise the Cybertruck's cargo carrying capacity. According to reports, the mid guard, which separates the Tesla Cybertruck's bed from the passenger seats, cannot be lowered down.

Additionally, some of the photographs released on social media by invitees revealed that the new Cybertruck prototypes available at Giga Texas had yoke-shaped steering and updated side cameras in the front fenders.

The Tesla Cybertruck is planned to have a tri-motor, four-wheel-drive system, a range of 500 miles (805 kilometres), and a towing capacity of 6,350 kilogrammes. Additionally, the business says that the truck would accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just 2.9 seconds.

Additionally, the Cybertruck will feature a horizontally mounted touch screen infotainment system, full self-driving capability, Netflix and YouTube streaming, and climate control. Additionally, the Cybertruck receives an Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) as a safety feature.

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