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No Wheel, No Pedals: Public Cybercab Rides Begin in Austin

Tesla put the purpose-built two-seater into its Robotaxi app last week, joining driverless Model Ys that have carried paying riders since 2025.

Marcus Hale, Austin · Sept. 4, 2026 · 2 min read

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A Cybercab with both butterfly doors raised on a city street at dusk.
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You will not find a steering wheel or pedals in Tesla's latest vehicle. You will not find a driver either.

Tesla opened Cybercab rides in limited areas of Austin last week through the existing Robotaxi app. The gold two-seater, with butterfly doors and a spare cabin, joined a service that has run Model Y robotaxis in the city since June 2025.

The launch was an invitation-only event, not a livestream. Tesla posted that public rides would begin that week and told Austin, in so many words, to go outside and take one.

Ian Kettle, site manager for the Cybercab, said Tesla had "made a car that looks like the future, designed and optimized around the passenger." Elon Musk has described the vehicle as "designed and built for maximally efficient autonomous operation."

The car is the product Tesla has pointed to since the We, Robot event in October 2024. Putting it in the app, even in a slice of one city, is the step that turns a prototype into a fare.

We've made a car that looks like the future, designed and optimized around the passenger.

Marcus Hale reports the Austin bureau: rides, geofences, and the cabin with no wheel.

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