a car piloted with a video game stick?

Step on the steering wheel, step on the pedals, but une manette de game comme seul outil de pilotage? Bienvenue dans le monde du Cybercab de Tesla.

Tesla pushed the boundaries encore with the Cybercab, a vehicle without classic controls, piloted with a video game via a joystick. Between innovations and regular problems, ce taxi d’un future pas y lointain soulève de nombreuses questions sur l’avenir of the conduite autonome and des véhicules partagés.

Le Cybercab or l’art de réinventer la roe… en la suppressant

Picture the scene: a museum in Los Angeles, the Petersen Museum, where l’automobile rencontre l’art. They have a milieu des expositions, an angular silhouette and futuristic thrones, attracting les regards. What is it? Cybercab by Tesla, a car that seems to have come from another era – or from another planet. Mais ce n’est pas sa forme qui intrigue le plus. Non, ce qui captive vraiment, c’est son total absence of commandes traditionnelles. No steering wheel. No pedals. Nothing. At the vision of adze pour l’avenir du transport semble déroutante. How to drive such an engine? The answer, both bizarre and brilliant: with a game controller. Oui, comme pour un video game.

The idea of ​​using a lever to pilot a car is not new, but the application of a grandeur nature vehicle, which is also a taxi, c’est une toute autre histoire. Le Cybercab, exposure they have The Petersen Museum by the end of the year, it was spotted in action in a video showing its arrival on premises. Les curieux ont vite remarix qu une personne était sitse à l’avant, donnant l’impression que la voiture était pilotée manualment – ​​a sacrilege in the world of self-driving vehicles. Le mystère was pierced by Autoevolution, which confirms thanks to internal sources, the Cybercab could be controlled with an Xbox-type joystick. This method was used to maneuver the car inside the museum, which proved, still, a human intervention is necessary. Plus surprising encore, the car can be controlled remotely, like a huge radio commandé game. A taste of the future? Peut-être

Et pour le grand public?

Le Cybercab is not an exercise in style. It embodies the vision of Tesla pour ses futurs robotaxis, a fleet of autonomous vehicles capable of moving without human intervention – or almost. According to Tesla, security operators will be recruited to monitor and, if necessary, control these vehicles remotely. Bringing that closer to Waymo, which already uses remote operators to handle complex situations. But before that dream becomes reality, several challenges remain to be overcome. Other than the technical questions, Tesla will also have to tackle practical aspects, such as cleaning and maintenance of vehicles, a logistics head-end that General Motors, via its subsidiary Cruise, preferred éviter en se retirent de ce marché.

Tesla and the ambition to make Cybercab accessible to everyone. This means that owners must learn and manage the new tools and understand the fameux contrôleur. Mais est-ce vraiment realistice? In fact, safety regulations are not authorized for vehicles without physical control on public roads. For Cybercab to become a reality, I will have to repeal these regulations. Elon Musk, faithful to himself, seems ready, relying on his relations to move the lines. Mais même avec un soutien politique, le chemin reste semé d’embûches. La question demeure : sommes-nous prêts pour une revolution car redefinit non seulement la voiture, mais aussi notre rapport à la conduite? Le Cybercab is n’est qu’un aperçu of what could be l’automobile tomorrow. Fascinating ou inquiétant, il ne laisse personne indifferent. Et c’est peut-être ça, la véritable révolution.s