steering wheel

At the event, Mr Musk said the fully autonomous robotaxi concept, which operates without pedals or a steering wheel, would be on the market by 2027.

“Then it will end for a while, and you will be left with nothing but the steering wheel. It will feel scary, like you’re alone, but you are not.”

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.

At a Tesla event on Thursday, Musk unveiled Tesla's futuristic Cybercab, complete with winged doors and no steering wheel or pedals, and a new look at its Optimus robots.

The futuristic, metallic silver vehicles lacked steering wheels, pedals and rearview mirrors.