Inside Elon Musk's Tesla diner of the future staffed by ROBOTS with drive-in movie screens & burgers in Cybertruck boxes
The Tesla Diner can be found on Santa Monica Boulevard in LA's media district.
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Visitors don't even need to get out of their cars to place an order
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Elon Musk took to X earlier last week to praise the venue
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The Tesla Diner can be found on Santa Monica Boulevard
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The futuristic looking venue boasts an array of high tech features - as well as 80 Superchargers.
"Team did great work making it one of the coolest spots in LA!"
The Tesla boss had previously hinted at building the diner back in 2018.
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While it still bears many of the hallmarks of a
A humanoid robot called Optimus can be found inside, who is programmed to serve popcorn to guests.
The robot was designed by Tesla.
Visitors don't even need to get out of their cars to place an order, which can be done through their vehicle touchscreen.
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Their food will be served in Tesla Cybertruck-shaped boxes.
Typical diner refreshments such as burgers, hot dogs, wings and milkshakes are all sold at the venue.
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Anyone who fancies a movie while the eat can watch a film on the diner's two gigantic 45-foot LED screens.
The audio for the movies will be directly streamed into visitors' cars.
Tesla fans on Musk's X shared their reactions to the new venue.
One user called The Tesla Duck said: "Tesla should open a lot more of these diners, I am not local to the one that opens tomorrow but the food looks pretty good and I think it's an awesome attraction.
"I'd imagine they could be pretty profitable. What other car comes with restaurant access?"
Another commenter said: "Tesla hosted LA's First Responders at their Tesla Diner in LA for their soft launch today, and man does this place looks amazing!
"They gave out official Tesla Diner merch, including Optimus Diner figures.
"They had their entire fleet on display including Cybercab, and an Optimus robot that was serving popcorn."
It's not the only time the controversial billionaire's companies have made headlines in recent weeks.
Musk's AI chatbot Grok went rogue earlier this month and started spouting pro-Hitler and antisemitic comments on X.
The material surfaced on the platform after an update telling it to be more "politically incorrect".
The chatbot even appeared to dub itself: "MechaHitler".
A spokesperson for xAI, the company behind Grok, said: "We are aware of recent posts made by Grok and are actively working to remove the inappropriate posts.
"Since being made aware of the content, xAI has taken action to ban hate speech before Grok posts on X."
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Tesla fans on Musk's X shared their reactions to the new venue
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The audio for the movies will be directly streamed into visitors' cars
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