"Tesla has produced the first Tesla Cybercab at Texas Gigafactory, marking a key milestone ahead of the planned autonomous two-seater's production in April. The two-seat Robotaxi, which was unveiled in 2024, is designed without pedals or a steering wheel and represents Tesla's most aggressive step yet toward fully autonomous mobility. Tesla's official account on X shared an image showing employees gathered around the first Cybercab built at Gigafactory Texas. Elon Musk echoed the milestone, writing, "Congratulations to the Tesla team on making the first production Cybercab!" Previous comments from Musk on X reiterated the idea that production of the Cybercab "starts in April." The vehicle will launch without traditional driver controls, and it will rely entirely on Tesla's vision-based Full Self-Driving (FSD) system."
"The Cybercab is positioned to compete with autonomous services such as Waymo. While Tesla has deployed Model Y vehicles in limited Robotaxi operations in Austin and the Bay Area, a serious ramp of the service to other cities across the United States is yet to be implemented. The production of the Cybercab could then be seen as a push towards the company's autonomy plans. Musk has linked the Cybercab to Tesla's proposed "Unboxed" manufacturing process, which would assemble large vehicle modules separately before integrating them, rather than following a traditional production line. The approach is intended to cut costs, reduce factory footprint, and speed up output."
Tesla produced the first Cybercab at Gigafactory Texas, signaling progress toward production of a two-seat Robotaxi planned to begin in April. The vehicle omits pedals and a steering wheel and will depend exclusively on Tesla's vision-based Full Self-Driving system. Elon Musk and Tesla's X account celebrated the initial build. The Cybercab aims to compete with autonomous services like Waymo and could accelerate broader Robotaxi deployment beyond limited Model Y operations in Austin and the Bay Area. Musk tied the vehicle to a proposed "Unboxed" modular assembly process intended to reduce costs, factory footprint, and speed manufacturing, while warning that volume ramp will take time.
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