Tesla CEO Elon Musk has unveiled a new self-driving vehicle, the Robotaxi, declaring at an event in California that “it’s going to be a glorious future.”

The two-seat car, which has no steering wheel or pedals, is expected to be available in 2026 and will cost less than $30,000, according to Musk.

“As you can see, I just arrived in Robotaxi, the Cybercab,” Musk told an audience after emerging from one of the vehicles at Warner Bros. Studios outside Los Angeles.

“You see a lot of science fiction movies where the future is dark and gloomy, where it’s not a future you want to live in… We want to have a fun, exciting future that if you could look into a crystal ball and if you see the future, you’d say, yeah, I wish I could be there right now. That’s what we want,” Musk said.

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Elon Musk, CEO and X owner of Tesla, drives Tesla’s robotaxi during an unveiling event near Los Angeles, California on Thursday, October 10. (Tesla/Reuters)

The Robotaxis will drive using AI and cameras, while charging will be inductive.

“With autonomy you get your time back,” Musk said.

“I think the cost of autonomous transportation will be so low that you can think of it as individualized public transportation. The average cost of a bus per mile for a city… is about a dollar per mile, while the cost of Cybercab We believe that operating costs over time will likely be about $0.20 per mile,” he added.

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Musk says the Robotaxi will be available for sale in 2026. (Tesla/Reuters/Reuters)

Musk said the self-driving car experience is Tesla “trying to give you a sense of what cities will look like in the future.

“And when you get in, you’ll see that it’s a really wild experience to just sit in a car with no steering wheel, no pedals, no controls. And it feels amazing,” he said.

Musk also announced a self-driving Robovan at the event, but provided fewer details.

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Tesla’s Robovan was also unveiled during the event on Thursday. (Tesla/Reuters/Reuters)

“Can you imagine walking down the streets and you see this coming towards you? That would be sick. So this can carry up to 20 people and it can also carry goods,” he said.