Wednesday briefing
What the desk is watching
Tesla is recruiting Cybercab fleet buyers. ARK’s Tasha Keeney put the interest form, a million unsupervised miles, and cheaper Austin fares on the same page.
Lead
Montana’s First Cybercab Bid Starts With Six Cars in MissoulaCubCloud AI applies to buy six Tesla Cybercabs for Missoula after Montana set state-level autonomous-vehicle rules. The cars are not on the street yet. The timeline sits with Tesla.
In this edition
- Buy the Cab, Bank the Mile: Tesla Recruits Cybercab Fleet Buyers
ARK's Tasha Keeney flags Tesla's Robotaxi interest form for commercial Cybercab fleets, a jump to one million unsupervised miles, and Austin fares already undercutting Model Y and Uber.
Harper Quinn · 1d ago
- Half the Line: Tesla Shows Unboxed Cybercab Factory
The Robotaxi account posted the first video of modules built in parallel and framed in one step, a process Tesla says cuts line size in half.
James Okonkwo · 1d ago
- A Million Empty Seats: Robotaxi Hits Unsupervised Mile Mark
Ashok Elluswamy told the Austin launch that the fleet had reached one million unsupervised miles, up from 380,000 in late July.
Marcus Hale · 6d ago
- Forty-Nine Gold Cars: Texas Registry Ticks Up
Public tallies of Tesla's purpose-built Cybercab fleet in Texas have moved from about 45 at launch to 49 in state automated-vehicle records.
Claire Bennett · 1d ago
- Gold Goes East: Cybercab Display Tour Hits Asia
Tesla will show the two-seater in Hong Kong, Japan, Beijing, and Shanghai starting this week, with no sales and no rides on the calendar.
Claire Bennett · 1d ago
- 165 Watt-Hours: Cybercab Is the Most Efficient Car EPA Has Certified
May filings put the two-seater at 3,113 pounds, a 47.6 kilowatt-hour pack, front-wheel drive, and about 293 miles of adjusted range.
James Okonkwo · 86d ago
- Six Cities, Empty Driver Seat: Unsupervised Map Now Spans Two States
Austin, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando, and Tampa run without an in-car safety monitor. The Bay Area does not.
Claire Bennett · 51d ago
- Phoenix and Vegas Wait: Permits and Training Still Ahead
Tesla listed both metros as in preparation through the summer. Neither has a public launch date.
Claire Bennett · 20d ago
- Few Grasp It: Musk Says Cybercab Is Built for the Cheapest Mile
On Wednesday the Tesla chief said the two-seater's fully loaded cost-per-mile design is understood by very few.
Harper Quinn · 1d ago
- Four Checkboxes: What Tesla's Fleet Form Actually Asks
Help Us Build Our Robotaxi Network collects company contacts and one interest: cabs, hubs, events, or other. It is not an order.
Harper Quinn · 7d ago
- The Form Is the Tell: Tesla Wants Partners to Own the Metal
A robotaxi network that other companies can buy into is how the cab leaves Austin without Tesla financing every mile.
Sam Ellison · 1d ago
- The Cheap Mile Is the Product: Cybercab Is Not a Smaller Y
Musk said few people grasp the cost-per-mile design. The specs, the fares, and the factory video are the same sentence.
Sam Ellison · 1d ago