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Tesla opened an interest form for businesses that want to buy Cybercab fleets and build mobility hubs for its Robotaxi Network, without publishing prices, delivery dates or revenue-sharing terms. On Moonshots, Peter Diamandis said he had filled it out, and the panel turned the invitation into an argument about owning machines instead of working for wages.
A Moonshots panel watched video of Tesla's two-seat Cybercabs moving through Austin and spent most of the segment on a price: the roughly $30,000 the panel says Elon Musk wants to charge for the car, and what happens if ordinary people buy a handful each and put them to work. Their forecasts of twenty-cent miles and car-free city centers sit alongside Tesla's own more modest description of a limited Austin service — and alongside London, where Uber's first autonomous rides still carry a licensed driver.
On Moonshots with Peter Diamandis, the panel walked through Waymo's sixth-generation driver: a purpose-built 5-nanometer chip, fewer but sharper cameras, and an autonomous-hardware estimate falling from $115,000 to $20,000. Peter had ridden in the new vehicle; Alex objected that the West is now white-labeling Chinese hardware, and argued Waymo is heading for full vertical integration.