Quoting my own post here:-
Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable
I can see a lot of good reasons why the Robotaxi would be a 2 seater:-
- A high percentage of trips would be for 1-2 people.
- Larger groups could travel in multiple Robotaxi and could communicate via video conference.
- Customers will always have the option of booking another Tesla model.
- The 2 seat configuration allows a narrower frontal area which means less drag.
- if a Robotaxi uses a 10% smaller battery and is 15% cheaper than the 25K cat, that is a win.
In summary, a compact 2-seater is likely to be the cheapest car Tesla can ever make, which uses the least amount of raw materials and more importantly battery cells.
The compact size probably helps with other issues, like parking, cleaning or travelling in Boring tunnels.