Archive · 4 Sep 2026
Tesla Launches Public Cybercab Rides as Musk Bets on Autonomy
Tesla is letting some people ride in its new Cybercab vehicles in Austin, Texas.
The Cybercab is designed to drive itself.
It has two seats and does not have a steering wheel or pedals.
Tesla held a launch event for the vehicle on Thursday.
Investors and fans showed strong interest in trying it.
Elon Musk believes self-driving cars are important to Tesla’s future.
The company says the rides are available only in limited areas for now.
Texas records show Tesla already has 45 Cybercabs in a larger fleet of 420 autonomous vehicles.
Tesla began offering Cybercab rides in limited areas of Austin, Texas.
The two-seat autonomous vehicle has no steering wheel or pedals.
The public rollout followed Tesla’s Cybercab launch event in Austin on Thursday.
Elon Musk has described Cybercab as central to Tesla’s autonomous-vehicle ambitions.
Texas records show Tesla operates 45 Cybercabs among 420 autonomous vehicles in the state.
- Who
- Tesla and CEO Elon Musk are involved, with investors and fans attending the launch event.
- What
- Tesla began offering public rides in its two-seat, steering-wheel-free Cybercab autonomous vehicle.
- When
- The Austin launch event took place on Thursday; the rides began around the public launch.
- Where
- Limited Cybercab rides are available in Austin, Texas.
- Why
- Musk views the Cybercab as central to Tesla’s ambition to become a dominant autonomous-vehicle company.
- Vehicle
- Cybercab, a two-seat autonomous vehicle without a steering wheel or pedals
- Launch location
- Austin, Texas
- Availability
- Rides are being offered in limited areas
- Launch event
- Tesla held a Cybercab launch event on Thursday
- Cybercab fleet
- Texas records show Tesla operates 45 Cybercabs in the state
- Total autonomous fleet
- Tesla operates 420 autonomous vehicles in Texas, according to records cited by Reuters
- Executive
- Elon Musk has called the Cybercab central to Tesla’s autonomous-vehicle ambitions