@knud @Betterifyouneil @BobLefridge @greg @chu
The robotaxi pivot is a face-saving measure to cancel what was going to be an unprofitable economy car, especially given competition from China.

The charade will go on for a year or two, then Musk will claim government regulation and/or insurance of driverless vehicles makes it impossible to bring to market, and it will disappear into the same hole as the Boring Company/hyper loop.