Decals On, Headed Out: A Truckload of Fleet-Ready Cybercabs Rolls Out of Giga Texas

AUSTIN, Texas - A car carrier loaded with Cybercabs wearing their fleet decals was spotted on the road in Austin on Tuesday evening, the latest sign that more of the two-seaters are leaving the factory ready for work.

CybercabSpotter, a crowd-sourced account that tracks the cars, posted an image of the load, writing that "a bunch of Cybercabs, with Cybercab decals" were being moved on a carrier. Robotaxi Radar, an account that follows Tesla's driverless rollout, shared the image and said the truck was heading west out of Giga Texas, Tesla's factory on the eastern edge of Austin. "Decaled Cybercabs usually mean they're Robotaxi-fleet-ready vehicles," the account wrote.

Neither account said where the carrier was going. Tesla offers paid Cybercab rides only in Austin, and it keeps a large staging lot in Houston, where a drone pilot estimated up to 200 Cybercabs this week. Another visitor to the Houston lot on Tuesday, who posts on X as YoKeenan10, said it was "packed with Cybercabs" and that it seems to look that way on Tuesdays while the Model Y robotaxis are out validating.

State records show the fleet growing quickly. Tesla had 169 Cybercabs authorized for commercial use in Texas as of Oct. 2, up from 45 at the Austin launch on Sept. 3, CNBC reported, citing Texas Department of Motor Vehicles records.

The factory is still hiring to keep the cars coming. Listings shared by TeslaZoa early Wednesday include a Lead Tool and Die Specialist for Cybercab Castings at Giga Texas. The job covers the high-pressure die-casting tools that form large parts of the car, from coordinating tooling changes and leading specialists and apprentices to making repairs and fixing tooling problems during production across shifts.

A second posting, for a full-time Production Associate in Cybercab Closures in Austin, calls for hands-on work on the line, assembling Cybercab components and running manufacturing equipment.

Cybercab.news reported in September on dozens of Cybercab-titled openings in Austin, from castings to final assembly. The new listings point to a line that is running, with lead roles whose job is to keep the tooling up while cars are being built.

Tesla has big plans for that line. After Tesla's third-quarter delivery report last week, analysts at Cantor wrote that "management previously said that once production ramps, it expects Cybercab to ultimately be the largest volume vehicle in its lineup."

One carrier on an Austin road is a small thing. A steady stream of them, loaded with decaled cars, is how a factory turns into a fleet.

Jordan Hale is a production reporter covering Giga Texas builds, Unboxed manufacturing, and Cybercab factory ops. Based in Austin.