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Plug Under the Screen: Tesla Owners Charge an iPhone in a Cybercab

A short cabin clip from Tesla Owners Silicon Valley shows a USB cable under the center display feeding an iPhone while a wheel-less Cybercab rolls on the highway.

Harper Quinn, Live desk · Sept. 10, 2026 · 2 min read

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A passenger in a wheel-less Cybercab holds a charging iPhone on a white USB cable plugged in under the center display while the coupe drives on a highway.
Video via @teslaownersSV on X

AUSTIN, Texas - The Cybercab cabin is built for the passenger, and Tesla Owners Silicon Valley just filmed one of the small proofs that matter on a ride: charging a phone without hunting under a seat for a dead 12-volt outlet.

In a vertical clip posted Wednesday evening, the club's @teslaownersSV account shows an iPhone on a white USB cable plugged in at the base of the Cybercab's wide center screen. The car is moving on a multi-lane highway. There is no steering wheel in the frame. A cup sits in the holder. The cabin climate reads 68 degrees on the display. The post's caption is blunt: "Charging your iPhone in the Tesla Cybercab."

That is the story. Not a press kit. A rider's phone, a cable, and a port under the glass while the coupe drives itself.

Source on X — @teslaownersSV
Source on X — @teslaownersSV

The phone screen in the clip mirrors the trip. Arrival is shown in the mid-20-minute range for a parking destination labeled in the app, with the same clock reading on the car's display. A "Hey Grok" prompt sits on the phone UI. Music plays through the ride stack. App icons for services such as Spotify and video apps sit along the bottom of both the handset and the cabin screen. The cable stays plugged while the passenger holds the phone and the highway traffic moves past the windshield.

Cybercab can be hailed in Austin today through Tesla's Robotaxi app. The purpose-built two-seater has no driver seat controls for a human, which is why a cabin power detail lands as product news rather than a novelty. Riders already talk about Talk to Grok, seat height, and hatch room. A visible charge path under the screen is the kind of ordinary comfort that decides whether a long fare feels finished.

Tesla Owners Silicon Valley did not publish a wiring diagram or a wattage claim. The club posted a 17-second field note. The desk is filing it the same way: as cabin evidence from a high-follower Tesla club, not as an official Tesla support page. The cable is white. The plug sits under the center display. The iPhone takes power while the unsupervised coupe holds its lane.

That matches the product pitch riders keep testing in Austin. The Cybercab is a lounge with a map, not a workplace shared with a driver. Temperature, music, and now a plain phone charge sit on the passenger's side of the ledger. When the car has no competing preferences, even a USB port under the glass reads as part of the cabin story.

Harper Quinn is a senior correspondent covering Robotaxi launches, Austin fleet ops, and the day-to-day of Cybercab rides. Previously reported transport and consumer tech for independent trade titles; based in Austin.

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