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Tesla stock tumbles after Elon Musk's unimpressive robotaxi event

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Shares in Tesla plunged about 6% in premarket Friday then continued to fall during trading after Elon Musk and his dancing robots failed to impress with the electric vehicle company's robotaxi unveiling.

As of 12:10 p.m. ET Friday, Tesla shares had fallen 7.7%.

Musk announced Thursday that anyone will be able to buy a Tesla robotaxi for $30,000 two years from now, and current Tesla vehicles will be able to drive themselves with no one in it.

Shares in Tesla Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) closed Thursday at $238.77. The stock opened Friday at $220.13 and went as low as $214.38 in early morning trading.

Musk said the company hopes to be producing the Cybercab before 2027, but offered no details on where the cars will be manufactured, according to CNBC's report Friday.

Tesla has a factory in Fremont, California.

Musk also said he expects Tesla to have "unsupervised FSD (full self-driving)" up and running in Texas and California next year in the company's Model 3 and Model Y electric vehicles, CNBC reported.

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