AI illustration: 'Solid metal snake' auto-charger for Tesla cars (2014)
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'Solid metal snake' auto-charger for Tesla cars (2014)

“Btw, we are actually working on a charger that automatically moves out from the wall & connects like a solid metal snake. For realz.”
— Elon Musk · Dec 31, 2014 · Elon Musk on Twitter, Dec 31 2014 (verified via publish.x.com oEmbed) ↗
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What actually happened

Tesla showed a working prototype in an August 2015 video — and Musk personally demoed it again in an October 2016 tweet — but the snake charger never shipped, never got a price or date, and quietly vanished from Tesla's plans. More than a decade later it remains vaporware; in June 2026 Xiaomi shipped a home robotic-arm EV charger delivering essentially the product Musk teased in 2014. A single robotic prototype was demoed in August 2015 and never productized; Tesla quietly dropped the project. Abandoned, not overdue. Electrek — Xiaomi delivers on Tesla's decade-old robot charger vision (June 2026) ↗

The Progression

Dec 31, 2014
The promise: “Btw, we are actually working on a charger that automatically moves out from the wall & connects like a solid metal snake. For realz.” · Elon Musk on Twitter, Dec 31 2014 (verified via publish.x.com oEmbed) ↗
Today · Jul 16, 2026
Status: Cancelled · shelved. Quietly shelved.

On New Year's Eve 2014 Musk tweeted that Tesla was 'actually' building a robotic charger that would slither out of the wall and plug itself in — 'For realz.' A real prototype appeared on video in August 2015, then the project disappeared without a word. The snake charger became shorthand for Tesla's announced-then-abandoned side projects, alongside battery swap.

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