Tesla has trademarked ‘Robobus’ and ‘Robotaxi’ – giving us a greater thought of the autos’ names, which have been in some way unclear regardless of the disclosing occasion final week.
Regardless of having an precise launch occasion for the car final week, the main points about Tesla’s Robotaxi have been very restricted, and the car’s title was not even clear.
Previous to the occasion, CEO Elon Musk referred to it as each ‘Cybercab’ and ‘Robotaxi’.
Each phrases have been additionally used in the course of the occasion.
Tesla solely has a really brief internet web page concerning the new car (and Robovan) on its web site and it refers to them as ‘Robotaxi’ and ‘Robovan’:
In the course of the occasion, Musk repeatedly referred to the ‘Robovan’ as “ruh-BO-vin”.
Now, Electrek has discovered new trademark purposes filed by Tesla that ought to hopefully make clear the names of those new autos.
Tesla has filed two emblems for ‘ROBOTAXI’; one for the electrical car and one for the ridesharing and normal business use of the car:
- ROBOTAXI™ trademark registration is meant to cowl the classes of land autos; electrical autos, specifically cars; cars; and structural components therefor.
- ROBOTAXI™ trademark registration is meant to cowl the classes of leasing of motor autos; transportation and storage of cars; transportation of passengers and items; coordinating journey preparations for people and for teams, specifically, arranging time-based ridesharing companies for people and for teams; car rental companies; car sharing companies, specifically, arranging and coordinating short-term use of autos; transportation and supply companies, specifically, monitoring, managing, and monitoring of transportation of individuals and supply of products and packages; conveyance rental and sharing companies, specifically, arranging and coordinating peer-to-peer car sharing and rental companies.
Tesla did the identical factor for ‘ROBOBUS’:
- ROBOBUS™ trademark registration is meant to cowl the classes of land autos; electrical autos, specifically cars; cars; buses; electrically powered buses; and structural components therefor.
- ROBOBUS™ trademark registration is meant to cowl the classes of leasing of motor autos; transportation and storage of cars; transportation of passengers and items; coordinating journey preparations for people and for teams, specifically, arranging time-based ridesharing companies for people and for teams; car rental companies; car sharing companies, specifically, arranging and coordinating short-term use of autos; transportation and supply companies, specifically, monitoring, managing, and monitoring of transportation of individuals and supply of products and packages; conveyance rental and sharing companies, specifically, arranging and coordinating peer-to-peer car sharing and rental companies; association of passenger transport by bus.
It sounds just like the ‘Robovan’ is definitely going to be referred to as ‘Robobus’, however the trademark purposes nonetheless must be authorized.
Electrek’s Take
It was fairly bizarre that Tesla unveiled these autos with out having a transparent naming scheme prepared. “Cybercab” and “Robotaxi” have been used alternatively and Elon appeared unable to pronounce “Robovan” on the occasion.
Perhaps that’s why Tesla determined to go together with Robobus as an alternative.
In all seriousness, I’ve loads of doubts about Tesla’s Robotaxi and Robobus applications and so they have little to do with the names.
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