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The team were keen not to rush the development process - the project has been running for about a decade already, and is now at the stage of testing its prototypes.

The probe comes a week after Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk unveiled prototypes of the Cybercab, a taxi that Musk claims will be fully autonomous, with no gas pedals or steering wheel.

Musk on Thursday presented Tesla’s latest prototypes for its autonomous electric bus, the self-driving Cybercab and robotic humanoid Optimus, a.k.a.

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk presented a lofty vision for the future Thursday night, unveiling prototypes of a self-driving taxi and van that he said would revolutionize travel and claiming the electric car company would put fully autonomous vehicles on the road by next year.

While Joby is testing prototypes of its aircraft in California, the company has completed only three out of five stages of the FAA certification process.