During an investor-charming media tour, Tesla's chair Robyn Denholm announced that the Cybercab could be built with a steering wheel and pedals "if we have to"

Tesla board chairwoman Robyn Denholm suggested Tesla may need to equip the Cybercab with a steering wheel to appease federal regulators.

Musk previously said he doesn't want to "build a robot army here and then [be] ousted because of some asinine recommendations from ISS and Glass Lewis."

Tesla’s Cybercab isn’t scheduled to go into production until 2026, but when it does, it may end up stuck with a vestige of the automotive past: a steering wheel. To be sure, we still use steering wheels. But the Tesla Cybercab was meant to be the first vehicle of the new future, and there’s nothing futuristic about steering wheels.

It's not the first time Tesla has pushed for a massive pay package for its CEO, but there are several differences between 2018 and 2025.