I Made a Bet with Tesla

Marques Brownlee · 11:05 · Sep 4, 2026

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being bi: v. have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) they ðei obj. The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used no nәu n. a negative car kɑ: n. a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine many 'meni a. a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number

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Okay, some of you may remember a year or so ago, I made a bet.

好吧，可能有些人记得大约一年前，我打了个赌。
I attended this little event from Tesla where they unveiled their little golden new vehicle called the Cybercab.

我参加了特斯拉的一个小活动，他们在那里发布了他们的小型金色新车，叫做Cybercab。
It was a two-seater with butterfly doors, no steering wheels, no pedals, no charge for it.

这是一辆两座车，有鸥翼门，没有方向盘，没有踏板，没有费用。
It would be simply a robo taxi that can join a fleet and self-drive all over the place and shuttle people around and give people rides all day, making the owner money.

它将只是一个无人驾驶出租车，可以加入车队并自动驾驶到各地，全天运送人们，为车主赚钱。
Like if the tech is good enough, that's a big if.

如果技术足够好，这是一个很大的‘如果’。

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