so we are talking about it only because of Elon?

It feels that way. As much as I want Mr. Musk to succeed, this doesn't feel any better than the dozens of other small people movers that have been around for half a century or more.

The only point of difference I can see is that it's going to be more on-demand (though that's been done before), and it's going to be cheap.

I meant personal in the sense that they're not mass transit vehicles. They're Tesla vehicles with a capacity of 5.

I'll think of it as a people mover once they show us a vehicle that isn't an existing Tesla model.