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Tesla’s Robotaxi App Now Asks: Cybercab or Model Y?

A Thursday update puts the two-seat cab beside the four-seat SUV. The mixed fleet is no longer only an assignment behind the scenes.

Harper Quinn, Live desk · Sep 3, 2026, 11:22 PM · 6 min read

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A gold Cybercab parked beside a white Model Y at dusk on an Austin street
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AUSTIN, Texas — Tesla’s Robotaxi app now shows riders a choice that did not exist a day earlier: the gold two-seat Cybercab or the familiar four-seat Model Y, side by side before they book.

Screenshots circulating Thursday evening, and confirmed by Teslarati and Not a Tesla App, show the booking screen listing both vehicles after Tesla updated its Robotaxi lineup description in the App Store. Cybercab is called “our first purpose-built autonomous vehicle,” designed for safety, accessibility and comfort, and available only through the Robotaxi app.

The distinction matters. Model Y Robotaxis have carried the service since Austin opened, still fitted with a wheel and pedals even when unsupervised. Cybercab has neither. Until the update, riders largely waited to see which vehicle Tesla assigned. The new flow lets a party of two lean toward the purpose-built cab and a group of three or four keep the SUV — when both are available in the geofence.

Availability is the catch. Texas had registered about 45 Cybercabs against hundreds of Model Ys on the state autonomous-vehicle list ahead of the September 3 Exclusive Access night. Cybercab support is listed for Austin first. A request may still return the SUV when the smaller fleet is busy.

The app change landed the same day Tesla folded Cybercab into commercial Robotaxi service here after an invite-only gathering at ACL Live downtown — an event with no public livestream and little on-stage messaging for the wider public. The quieter product signal was in software: a mixed fleet, selectable at booking.

Tesla has not published separate Cybercab fares. Age rules already differ by vehicle in the rider materials and in-app terms released Thursday: Cybercab bars riders under 13; younger teens must travel with an adult. Model Y robotaxis retain the lower floor of age 8.

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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