Tesla still appears unclear about the names of its new autonomous vehicles, which were unveiled earlier this month. The automaker has filed for new trademarks.
Since Tesla’s ‘Robotaxi’ unveiling earlier this month, we haven’t been clear on the official names of the two vehicles unveiled at the event.
Prior to the event, CEO Elon Musk referred to it as both ‘Cybercab’ and ‘Robotaxi’.
Both terms were also used during the event.
Tesla only has a very short web page about the new vehicle (and Robovan) on its website and it refers to them as ‘Robotaxi’ and ‘Robovan’:
During the event, Musk repeatedly referred to the ‘Robovan’ as “ruh-BO-vin”.
Last week, Electrek found new trademark applications filed by Tesla that would hopefully clarify the names of these new vehicles. The trademarks were for ‘Robotaxi’ and ‘Robobus’.
Now, Tesla has filed additional trademarks for ‘Cybercab’ and ‘Cyberbus’:
Tesla has had problems in the past with other people filing trademarks for the company, but these are all listed as being filed by Tesla’s usual trademark lawyer: Anthony V. Lupo.
The automaker filed the trademarks for the actual electric vehicles and one for the ridesharing and general commercial use of the vehicles.
Electrek’s Take
It is a bit strange for Tesla to have unveiled those vehicles while they still don’t have clear names, but I do prefer these latest filings as trademarking “robotaxi” seems to be reaching.
But at the same time, the entire event was kind of a mess.
Tesla has been trying to defend itself by saying that they were trying to showcase “their vision of autonomy”, but I think most serious people don’t care about that. We can imagine the future with self-driving vehicles and humanoid robots.
What we want to know is how you plan to get there. This event was basically useless on that front.