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The steering wheel free, brake pedal less Cybercab is live in one Texas city, with a 45 vehicle pool out of 314 authorized Tesla driverless cars in the state.
Tesla is now carrying paying passengers in its Cybercab in Austin, a steering-wheel-free, brake-pedal-less vehicle that went live through the company's Robotaxi app on iOS and Android on September 3, 2026. Tesla announced the launch on X with the line "The future has arrived in Austin."
Even in Austin, riders cannot request a Cybercab by name. The Tesla rider guide says assignment depends on group size and live availability. The Robotaxi app also shows the service option in Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando, and Tampa, but the Cybercab itself is only hittable in Austin for now.
The Cybercab pool is a sliver of Tesla's authorized Texas fleet. Per The New York Times, Tesla is authorized to operate 314 driverless vehicles in the state, most of them Model Ys, with only 45 of those being Cybercabs. The Austin Cybercabs are Tesla-owned, not customer-owned, and the vehicle is not yet for sale. Tesla is taking inquiries from companies interested in purchasing whole fleets to build out the network, a different shape from Elon Musk's earlier vision of individually owned Cybercabs earning money through a Tesla rideshare service.
The Cybercab itself was designed for full autonomy from the start: no steering wheel, no brake pedal, bench-style seating for up to two, and a large touchscreen at the center of the dashboard.