Tesla Robotaxi removes steering wheel to cut weight and operating costs
Scobleizer · x · 2026-08-22
Tesla's Robotaxi eliminates the steering wheel, a design choice aimed at reducing weight and significantly lowering operating costs. This price advantage is expected to be insurmountable for competitors. Additionally, removing the steering wheel is cited as a safety enhancement, as it is often a fatal factor in head-on collisions.
Related event: Tesla ditches steering wheel in Robotaxi to cut weight and cost(3 posts)→
More from Embodied
- TRIC robots autonomously patrol strawberry fields at night for pest control — TinfoilTricorn · 2026-08-22
- Tesla Cybercab Official Launch Date Set for September 3 — mitchdeg · 2026-08-22
- TARS unveils AWE 3.5, an embodied-native model with 'Born as One' architecture — rohanpaul_ai · 2026-08-22
- Enigma Robots Perform Real Chemistry Experiments Online — Scobleizer · 2026-08-22
- NVIDIA open-sources Isaac Video to enable Real-to-Sim-to-Real robot learning workflow — Scobleizer · 2026-08-22
- comma.ai demo shows large model improving autonomous driving navigation — Scobleizer · 2026-08-22