Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered a caller Cybercab initiate timeline — and MKBHD's barber can breathe a small easier.
In an discussion alongside the state-run China Global Television Network, released on Saturday, Musk outlined whenever he expects the company's two-seat, steering-wheel-free conveyance to initiate additional business rides.
The Cybercab "will shortly be functioning commercially in Florida, in Nevada, and a brace of another states," he said. "And, probably, by the center of next year, it volition be functioning commercially in California."
That does not technically resolve Marques Brownlee's celebrated Cybercab bet. The techie YouTuber, known as MKBHD, stated in 2024 that he would shave his caput on camera if Tesla matched its commitment to market the steering-wheel-and-side-mirror-less conveyance to regular buyers for $30,000 before the end of 2026.
For years, the net has run untamed alongside that boisterous wager, particularly on X, anywhere users have posted AI-generated videos of Musk shaving the YouTuber's caput for the improved part of two years.
Even Musk has chimed in, writing on X following the Cybercab's business initiate in Texas that MKBHD "really wants to shave his head."
Musk's new timeline — particularly his admission that California won't see a business robotaxi publish until next twelvemonth — adds a new wrinkle for those expecting to see a bare-headed MKBHD. The business additionally has to resolve an NHTSA audit query into its self-certification that the conveyance meets national safety standards.
In an first September video, MKBHD reiterated that he was beautiful assured that he would win the bet, saying that Tesla was motionless multiple steps distant from putting the aggressively priced conveyance in Americans' driveways.
"My tress is safe, for now," he stated in the video. "And honestly, I awareness beautiful fine concerning it staying fine for the remainder of the year."
Representatives for MKBHD and Tesla didn't react to requests for comment from Business Insider.
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Ben Shimkus is a newsman for the Business News desk. He writes concerning cars, transportation, retail, and jobs. Ben's reporting has appeared in Rolling Stone, The Verge, Automotive News, USA Today, AutoBody News, LGBTQ Nation, TopSpeed, and Out Magazine. He's additionally held personnel penning positions at The U.S. Sun and the Daily Mail. He graduated from NYU alongside a Master's in reporting in 2024. Email Ben at [email protected] or communication him privately on Signal at bshimkus.41.
