Transportation

Tesla’s Cybercab Backup Plan: Sell It With a Steering Wheel

A Tesla Cybercab prototype in front of the Nasdaq MarketSite on Monday in New York’s Times Square.Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

Tesla Inc. sees the forthcoming Cybercab as its long-promised more affordable electric vehicle — and it’s willing to make fundamental design changes to sell the car in high volumes.

In short, it’s open to making it more like a normal vehicle that human drivers can control.