After months of anticipation, Elon Musk finally unveiled not just one, but two new Tesla vehicles to the world last night.
As expected, the billionaire showed off a fleet of Robotaxis, while he also revealed a surprise second vehicle – an autonomous delivery truck, called Robovan.
However, it was Musk’s pronunciation of ‘Robovan’ that really got the crowds talking.
Several baffled Tesla fans took to X (formerly Twitter) following the Hollywood launch event, with one claiming Musk’s pronunciation made the Robovan sound ‘like a herpes medication.’
‘Robovan sounds great why does he say it like that though,’ another confused viewer asked.
After months of anticipation, Elon Musk finally unveiled not just one, but two new Tesla vehicles to the world last night
As expected, the billionaire showed off a fleet of Robotaxis, while he also revealed a surprise second vehicle – an autonomous delivery truck, called Robovan
Several baffled Tesla fans took to X (formerly Twitter) following the Hollywood launch event, with one claiming Musk’s pronunciation made the Robovan sound ‘like a herpes medication’
The Robovan looks like an enormous moving toaster, and has no steering wheel, pedals or driver.
It can seat up to 20 people or could be converted to carry goods, Musk said.
However, he gave no details about production, timeline, or cost.
‘What happens if you need a vehicle that is bigger than a Model 9?’ Musk said at the event, as the Robovan drove on stage.
‘The Robovan. We’re going to make this, and it’s going to look like that.
‘Can you imagine going down the streets and you see this coming towards you? That would be sick!’
Following the event, several Tesla fans took to X to discuss Musk’s pronunciation of the vehicle
One joked: ‘Creating a robo van and calling it Robovan while pronouncing it Rohbohven is crazy work’
One user added: ‘The way Musk is pronouncing ‘Robovan’ as ‘ruh-BOH-vin’ is just killing me, like this has to be a parody of some sort’
You’d probably expect Robovan to be pronounced as row-bow-van.
However, Musk instead is pronouncing it as ruh-bow-vin.
Following the event, several Tesla fans took to X to discuss Musk’s pronunciation of the vehicle.
‘I loved the way Evil Elon pronounced Robovan because I know for a fact that everybody else will pronounce it Row bow van,’ one user tweeted.
Another added: ‘The way Musk is pronouncing ‘Robovan’ as ‘ruh-BOH-vin’ is just killing me, like this has to be a parody of some sort.’
And one joked: ‘Creating a robo van and calling it Robovan while pronouncing it Rohbohven is crazy work.’
Meanwhile, one suggested that ruh-bow-vin could be a medication.
You’d probably expect Robovan to be pronounced as row-bow-van. However, Musk instead is pronouncing it as ruh-bow-vin
Alongside the Robovan, Musk also unveiled a fleet of driverless cabs, called Robotaxis
‘The way Elon pronounces robovan makes it sounds like a herpes medication,’ they tweeted.
This isn’t the first time that Musk has confused the world with his strange pronunciations.
Back in 2020, Musk and singer Grimes welcomed a son named X Æ A-12 – pronounced ‘X Ash A Twelve’.
Speaking on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Musk said: ‘First of all, my partner’s the one that mostly came up with the name.
‘I mean it’s just X, the letter X, um, and the “‘Æ” is pronounced, “Ash,” and then, A-12 is my contribution.’
He added that A-12 stood for ‘Archangel 12, the precursor to the SR-71, coolest plane ever.’
