As Tesla’s electric-vehicle sales have flattened this year, CEO Elon Musk has increasingly staked the company’s future on his vision for self-driving robotaxis, despite the massive technological and regulatory obstacles in delivering them.

Elon Musk has seen the future of the automobile and, unfortunately, you’re not behind the wheel. Actually, no one is, at least not anyone poor or lower-middle class. In a stunning revelation, Reuters recently reported that Musk has said it’s “pointless to build a $25,000 Tesla for human drivers.”