Tesla Shows Cybercab Driving Itself as Texas Filings Reveal Small Robotaxi Fleet

Overview

• Elon Musk posted a video on Thursday that shows a Cybercab robotaxi operating without a driver as it drove to Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas in Austin.
• Tesla began limited Cybercab production at Gigafactory Texas in April and has publicly demonstrated vehicles leaving the assembly line and moving autonomously near the site.
• New filings to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles show Tesla operates 42 robotaxi vehicles in the state while Waymo has 577 registered vehicles, highlighting a large gap in deployed scale.
• Reuters reporting of internal Tesla test accounts describes recurring Full Self-Driving failures, including problems recognizing pedestrians and emergency vehicles, which raise safety and regulatory concerns.
• Tesla has expanded its limited robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston and runs a ride-app in the San Francisco Bay Area without regulatory approval for autonomous rides, a pattern that could slow commercial rollout and public adoption.