Overview
- Tesla held an invite-only launch in Austin on Thursday and started offering paid Cybercab rides to the public inside a company geofence.
- Texas vehicle records show Tesla has added dozens of Cybercabs to its authorized fleet, with 45 Cybercabs listed in state filings.
- The Cybercab is a purpose-built two-seat vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals and began limited engineering test drives and employee rides after production started earlier this year.
- Regulatory and safety constraints limit expansion because U.S. rules restrict commercial sales of vehicles without conventional controls and California currently requires safety drivers for tests.
- Tesla opened a public interest form for fleet buyers as it pursues lower-cost, camera-first robotaxis that must still resolve safety scrutiny and competition from larger lidar-equipped fleets such as Waymo.