[djaychela]

Calling this 'Robotaxi' rides seems somewhat disingenuous given that they are Model Ys with a full seating provision. People will be conflating this with the (IMO a very bad choice) 2-seat design seen on the demo months ago with 2 doors and no provision for more than two people (which wouldn't work too well if the drives are being chaperoned, reducing seating to one).

This conflation and mixing of words is something which Tesla seems to do intentionally (Full Self Driving, Autonomy, etc), or am I being cynical about that?

[modeless]

I agree that 'cybercab' and 'robotaxi' are similar names, but what ulterior motive would it serve to intentionally confuse people about the difference? Seems like it's just bad naming. Cybercab isn't late or anything, it was announced for 2026 at its unveiling. And Robotaxi is an accurate and descriptive name for a self-driving Model Y that you can hail.