It ’s Elon Musk ’s human beings , and we all live in it . The humanity behind secret space locomotion , consumer galvanizing cars , and on-line requital has revealed his new “ master key programme ” for Tesla Motors – and it could change public transport forever .
Ten years ago , Musk unveil hisfirst master key planfor Tesla , of which he is CEO . It essentially boiled down to building three electrical auto in a downward graduated table of price , and upwards in intensity , which the company polished off earlier this year with the announcement of theModel 3 railway car .
Now , Musk has reveal his “ Master Plan , Part Deux ” . We ’ll get into the nitty gritty in a second , but it generally babble out about using Tesla ’s existing fond self - drive feature film – Autopilot – and making it not only full autonomous , but expand it to trucks and buses . Yes , Musk want to produce ego - driving buses for cities .
Musk said that the degree of release these captain plans was “ speed up the Second Advent of sustainable energy , so that we can think far into the future tense and life is still good . That ’s what ‘ sustainable ’ means . It ’s not some silly , hippy matter – it matters for everyone . ”
The first part of Musk ’s plan relate to the recent news that Teslawants to acquireanother of his company , SolarCity . He wants to greatly increase the acceptance of solar panel by simplify the process of buy and installing solar roofs – “ one order experience ” . This would go handwriting in hand with Tesla ’s home assault and battery idea known asPowerwall .
Next up , and perhaps most interestingly , is the idea to reimagine public transport . One part of this would be relieve oneself ego - drive trucks for foresighted - draw cargo misstep , delivering “ a substantive reduction in the cost of cargo transport ” , although it ’s unclear what role – if any – human hand truck driver would act in this .
The other part of Musk ’s public transport rotation , though , is more awful . He wants to create self - driving buses ( lowly than ones in operation today ) that can brake and accelerate at the same pep pill as car , helping dealings over-crowding . “ It would also take people all the path to their address , ” he sound out . “ fix summon buttons at existing bus stops would dish out those who do n’t have a phone . ”
motorcoach drivers would see their function “ transition ” into fleet managing director for these futurist buses . Musk also said he ’d increase the act of passengers that can be carried by “ eliminating the center aisle ” , although it ’s not entirely clear what he means by this .
at long last , he reasserted Tesla ’s program to make all of its vehicles completely self-directed . He ideate a future where your Tesla car can operate as a self - driving taxicab for other mass when you are not using it ( such as when you ’re at study ) , simply by bump off a button on your phone . This would earn you money as others used your car , which “ dramatically get down the true price of possession to the point where almost anyone could own a Tesla . ” These would run alongside Tesla - owned fleets of self - drive automobile . Who needs Uber , eh ?
All in all , it sounds fairly good to us , Elon . We ’ll check back in 10 yr to see how you ’re getting on .
