Tesla Cybercab release date: giving rides in Austin since Sept. 3, with Dallas next and no price yet

The Tesla Cybercab isn’t coming. It’s here. Tesla’s two-seat robotaxi has been carrying riders in Austin since Sept. 3, 2026, and Tesla says more than 300 of them now roam the city. Dallas is next. What Tesla still hasn’t said is how much one costs or when you can buy your own.

When does the Tesla Cybercab come out?

It’s already out, as a robotaxi. Tesla unveiled the Cybercab and a larger Robovan at its “We, Robot” event on Oct. 10, 2024. The road from that stage to real streets took almost two years.

In January 2026, Tesla said the Cybercab production ramp would start in the first half of the year. In April, it listed the Cybercab in pilot production at Gigafactory Texas, and in its July update Tesla said production had begun, with an installed capacity of more than 125,000 a year.

Employees got the first rides on Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas campus in July, while engineering test drives on public roads were already under way. On Aug. 21, Tesla’s X account posted an invitation to a Cybercab event in Austin on Sept. 3, and commercial service started that very day.

Where can you ride a Tesla Cybercab?

Only in Austin for now. You hail one through Tesla’s Robotaxi app for iOS and Android, which can match you with either a Cybercab or a Model Y. On Oct. 10, the second anniversary of the unveiling, Tesla’s Robotaxi account said more than 300 Cybercabs were serving Austin one month after launch, an eightfold increase in 30 days. The same day, Tesla’s head of AI software, Ashok Elluswamy, wrote: “Dallas soon.”

Tesla’s Robotaxi service also runs in Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando and Tampa, so far with Model Y cars, and in the San Francisco Bay Area with a safety driver. Tesla says it is preparing to launch in Phoenix and Las Vegas. Tesla expects the Cybercab to start replacing the Model Y in its fleet and, over time, to become the most common vehicle in it.

Can you buy a Tesla Cybercab, and how much will it cost?

Not yet. Tesla hasn’t opened orders or published a price, and the Cybercab isn’t among the vehicles Tesla lists for sale on its website. The only price hint came from Elon Musk himself: on Feb. 17, 2026, an X user asked whether Tesla would sell a Cybercab to a customer for $30,000 or less before 2027, and Musk said it would. Tesla hasn’t said how those sales would work.

For now, every Cybercab on the road belongs to Tesla’s own Robotaxi fleet. Tesla’s Robotaxi page has an interest form for anyone who wants to operate Robotaxi fleets or work with Tesla. In its July update, Tesla said deliveries will depend partly on how it splits production between sales to customers and its own fleet.

Tesla Cybercab specs Tesla has confirmed

Climb in and the first thing you notice is what’s missing. The Cybercab is designed for full autonomy, with no steering wheel and no pedals. Two passengers sit on a bench facing a center touchscreen, and the trunk has room for luggage, golf clubs or scooters.

Tesla is keeping most of the hard numbers to itself. It hasn’t published the battery size, the range or a price. In 2024, it said the Cybercab would use a new powertrain on its next-generation platform, with an estimated 5.5 miles per kWh, its most efficient yet. Every Cybercab so far comes from Gigafactory Texas, and riders reach it through the Robotaxi app.

Is the Tesla Cybercab legal without a steering wheel?

US safety regulators are checking. Carmakers certify their own vehicles as meeting federal safety standards, and some of those standards assume a human driver, for example by requiring turn signals that cancel when the steering wheel turns. On Sept. 3, the day Cybercab rides began, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an audit of Tesla’s basis for certifying the Cybercab. On Sept. 10, it ordered Tesla to answer its questions under oath by Sept. 30, including whether the Cybercab can be driven with temporarily attached human controls and whether Tesla relied on such controls to certify it. Failing to answer fully could bring civil penalties of up to about $139 million. NHTSA hasn’t announced the outcome.

Separately, on Oct. 9, NHTSA opened a review of a petition alleging that Tesla robotaxis, both Model Y and Cybercab, have exceeded posted speed limits in active school zones. NHTSA will decide whether to grant it and open an investigation.

The next fixed date is Oct. 21, when Tesla reports its third-quarter results after the market closes and holds a webcast at 4:30 p.m. Central, or 5:30 p.m. ET. Tesla’s quarterly updates are where it has reported Cybercab production so far, so that’s the next place to look for new figures and a Dallas date. For Tesla’s other new products, see our pages on the Tesla Roadster unveiling and the Tesla Optimus robot.

This page is updated as soon as Tesla announces new Cybercab cities, a consumer price or production figures, starting with its Q3 results on Oct. 21.