Another Eleven: Texas Cybercab Count Hits 169

AUSTIN, Texas - Tesla's Cybercab count on the Texas books rose again on Friday afternoon. By 1:35 p.m. Central time, Sawyer Merritt reported that the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles list showed 169 Cybercabs registered for the Robotaxi fleet, up 11 from the Thursday night total of 158. Including the 32 cars that landed Thursday, Tesla had registered 43 Cybercabs in about 18 hours.

Minutes earlier, the Texas AV Tracker logged the same move. Its live panel showed a Texas Robotaxi fleet of 589, with 11 vehicles registered since midnight Central time. Robotaxi Radar posted the breakdown at 1:37 p.m.: 169 Cybercabs, 420 Model Ys, 589 in all. The Model Y column did not change.

Sawyer's post included a screenshot of the state vehicle table for the new batch. Eleven rows, each a 2026 Tesla Cybercab with a distinct VIN. The Texas AV Tracker account separately noted that the fleet had moved to 589 and pointed readers to its live board.

Cybercabs now make up 28.7 percent of Tesla's registered Robotaxi fleet in Texas, up from 27.3 percent when the count sat at 158. Model Ys remain 71.3 percent. All of the growth since last week's 546-vehicle mark has come from the purpose-built car. Model Y has held at 420 through the Thursday night surge and Friday's follow-on.

The climb is steep by Texas registration standards. Cybercabs first appeared on the state list on Aug. 31. The count reached 69 on Sept. 23, cleared 100 two days later, hit 158 on Thursday night and stands at 169 on Friday. In a little more than a month, the purpose-built Cybercab has gone from zero to nearly three in ten of Tesla's Texas Robotaxi registrations.

This is a state registration count. It is not the same as the community tally of unsupervised robotaxis across all cities, which stood near 308 in mid-September. Texas asks operators of automated vehicles to file each car with the state. A Cybercab on that list may still be in testing, parked in a fleet lot or waiting for its first paid ride. Tesla has not published an official Cybercab fleet number of its own.

Austin remains the only city where the public can pay for a Cybercab ride through Tesla's Robotaxi app. Each new registration gives Tesla one more car it can put into that service or send out on test miles elsewhere in Texas. Friday's follow-on, stacked on Thursday's 32, suggests the registration pipeline at Giga Texas is still moving. Watch for the next jump on the Texas list, and for any word from Tesla on how many of the 169 are carrying passengers.