Elon Musk's Tesla Is Working On Something 'Cooler Than A Minivan'
Tesla isn't the brand it used to be. The company's stocks have plummeted, and many customers have lost faith in Tesla cars. However, Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, thinks he will impress drivers with an upcoming vehicle, which he said in a post on X on March 25 will be "way cooler than a minivan."
You're probably wondering what Musk has in mind. Well, so are we, because that's all he said on the matter. Musk has followed up his post with claims that Neuralink lets people with ALS speak again, and plenty of videos generated by Grok (days after OpenAI decided to shut down its video generation app Sora). However, he's said nothing on what could be Tesla's figurative and literal biggest product to date.
Plenty of commenters have posted what they think this "cooler-than-a-minivan" car would look like. Most of these ideas resemble a modified Cybertruck and are dubbed the "CyberSUV," while others think Musk is teasing the encroaching release of the Tesla Robovan, the autonomous van the company announced back in 2024. Although, for all we know, Tesla is just going to release another Powerwheels-esque vehicle for kids based on an existing Tesla car.
Take the announcement with a grain of salt
Usually, an announcement that a vehicle currently in development will be "cooler than x" is worth celebrating, if only slightly. However, if we are being honest, Musk has a history of overpromising and underdelivering.
Let's start by looking at Tesla's latest product, the Cybertruck. Many drivers think the Cybertruck is an unreliable vehicle. The car tends to fall apart and runs on technology that hasn't seen a lot of action. In 2019, when Musk rolled out a physical version of the Cybertruck, he claimed the windows were bulletproof, but during the demo, they barely held up to a steel ball lazily chucked at them.
Musk's ventures can flop. His plan for a cheap, fast, new method of transportation with the hyperloop, has so far turned out to be little more than a pipe dream. Don't be surprised if the car Musk promises to be "way cooler than a minivan" just turns out to be a plain old minivan that runs on battery power instead of gas — assuming the car isn't canceled before launch, that is.