The Drive⁠37%

Two Tesla Cybercabs Just Landed in Minneapolis. Nobody Knows Why ⁠18%

By Joel Feder⁠4%

7/7/2026, 9:07:17 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 22 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Anecdotal, and Representativeness Heuristic, with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 20.6% saturation with 63 hits. Analysis detected 524 faulty-reasoning hits from 306 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 33.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠18% (18,003 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 82.30% of the article peer group.

Is Minneapolis, Minnesota on Tesla's punch list as the automaker eyes new markets for its robotaxi service? 
On Saturday, an eagle-eyed reader named George with Victory & Reseda spotted a Tesla Cybercab in an unexpected location: Minneapolis, Minnesota. 
George said there were actually two units of the gold Teslas quietly sitting unattended in a parking lot. 
Why? 
George told The Drive the two Cybercabs were sitting in a parking lot outside of a Tesla-owned office in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Park and were clearly visible to anyone driving down MN Highway 610. 
George/Victory & Reseda 
The two cars had VINs ending around 650, according to George, indicating these two cars might be early production models. 
Both cars had steering wheels, but lacked a plastic shroud around the steering columns, according to George. 
The two production-intent-looking black leather seats we've seen before were onboard. 
EPA documents revealed Cybercab specs that Tesla has held close to its chest. 
The filings indicated that the two-seat coupe has a 219-horsepower front motor and a curb weight of 3,113 pounds. 
A smaller battery pack of about 50 kWh is indicated as the power source and driving range nets around 280 miles per charge. 
Joel Feder 
Currently, Waymo is actively laying its ground game to bring its autonomous robotaxi service to the Minneapolis area. 
Two weeks ago I spotted a few of the company's next-gen robotaxis, sourced from Zeekr, charging with Waymo handlers in the western suburb of St. 
Louis Park. 
Today, Tesla operates its robotaxi service in five U.S. markets including Austin, Dallas, Houston, Miami, and San Francisco. 
The obvious question is what are two Cybercabs doing in Minneapolis? 
Is Tesla planning to expand its robotaxi service to Minnesota? 
Got a tip? 
See something? 
Send us a line at tips@thedrive.com 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 8.8%Joel Feder: 1.6%The Drive: 3.0%Confirmation Bias8.8%This article: 6.5%Joel Feder: 0.3%The Drive: 1.1%Anchoring Bias6.5%This article: 20.6%Joel Feder: 1.9%The Drive: 4.0%Availability Heuristic20.6%This article: 12.4%Joel Feder: 0.3%The Drive: 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic12.4%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 1.2%The Drive: 0.9%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.5%The Drive: 1.7%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 6.2%Joel Feder: 1.4%The Drive: 4.6%Framing Effect6.2%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.0%The Drive: 0.8%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.2%The Drive: 0.7%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.0%The Drive: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 5.9%Joel Feder: 0.7%The Drive: 3.6%Optimism Bias5.9%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 1.3%The Drive: 2.0%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 4.6%Joel Feder: 7.1%The Drive: 6.7%Negativity Bias4.6%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 1.7%The Drive: 1.9%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.4%The Drive: 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.0%The Drive: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.1%The Drive: 0.7%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.2%The Drive: 0.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 4.2%Joel Feder: 0.4%The Drive: 2.6%Halo Effect4.2%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.0%The Drive: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.0%The Drive: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 8.2%Joel Feder: 0.6%The Drive: 1.3%Recency Bias8.2%This article: 3.6%Joel Feder: 0.0%The Drive: 0.4%Primacy Effect3.6%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.0%The Drive: 0.2%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.0%The Drive: 0.2%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.0%The Drive: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 4.2%Joel Feder: 1.5%The Drive: 3.4%Appeal to Authority4.2%This article: 3.3%Joel Feder: 1.0%The Drive: 1.9%False Dilemma3.3%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 1.2%The Drive: 1.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.0%The Drive: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 5.6%Joel Feder: 2.7%The Drive: 6.6%Hasty Generalization5.6%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.3%The Drive: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.2%The Drive: 0.9%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 5.9%Joel Feder: 2.2%The Drive: 3.9%Appeal to Emotion5.9%This article: 3.6%Joel Feder: 0.4%The Drive: 0.7%Begging the Question3.6%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 1.2%The Drive: 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.1%The Drive: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.4%The Drive: 0.4%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.2%The Drive: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.1%The Drive: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 18.6%Joel Feder: 1.0%The Drive: 3.5%Anecdotal18.6%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.0%The Drive: 0.2%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 6.5%Joel Feder: 0.6%The Drive: 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)6.5%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.0%The Drive: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.0%The Drive: 0.2%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.3%Joel Feder: 0.1%The Drive: 0.3%Personal Incredulity0.3%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.1%The Drive: 0.4%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.0%The Drive: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 11.8%Joel Feder: 1.7%The Drive: 2.1%Unattributed Quote11.8%This article: 3.3%Joel Feder: 0.5%The Drive: 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection3.3%This article: 19.3%Joel Feder: 2.2%The Drive: 11.3%Biased Writer Voice19.3%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.2%The Drive: 1.4%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.0%The Drive: 0.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Joel Feder: 0.0%The Drive: 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 7.8%Joel Feder: 1.1%The Drive: 2.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…7.8%

306 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers32%attributed speech209writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 21 words • 0.0% coverageGeorge • 18 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageGeorge • 36 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageGeorge • 20 words • 0.0% coverageGeorge • 17 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 23 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 25 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 100.0% coverageThe Drive • 6 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

George

62%flagged-word coverage
91 attributed words94% of attributed speech77% writer coverage
0%20.0%40.0%Unattributed Quote+39.6 ptsWriter: 0.0%George: 39.6%39.6%Biased Writer Voice-28.2 ptsWriter: 28.2%George: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -8.6 ptsWriter: 8.6%George: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-4.8 ptsWriter: 4.8%George: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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