Tesla will soon begin driverless Cybercab rides for employees at its Giga Texas plant in Texas, using production-spec robotaxi vehicles that have no steering wheel and no pedals.
2026 · Tesla Cybercab
No Steering Wheel, No Pedals: Tesla Readies Driverless Cybercab Rides
Tesla will soon offer employees driverless rides at its Giga Texas plant in production-spec robotaxis — two-seat vehicles that run purely on Full Self-Driving software, with no manual controls at all.
2
Seats — dedicated robotaxi with butterfly doors
0
Steering wheels & pedals — no manual fallback
100+
Units spotted in outbound lots as production ramped
The Road to Driverless
FEB 18, 2026
First unit off the line
Giga Texas production begins
→
JUN 30, 2026
Public-road testing
Austin, with safety monitor in seat
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STARTING SOON
Employee rides
Driverless, at the Giga Texas plant
Two Bets on How to See the Road
Stacked blocks show each vehicle's sensor stack.
Cameras
Tesla — Vision only
Own vehicle + FSD, vertically integrated
LiDAR
Radar + more
Cameras
Waymo — Multi-sensor
Jaguar I-Pace & Zeekr with LiDAR
Anticipation
Evidence autonomy is steadily advancing
Production robotaxi with EPA Certificate of Conformity
Caution
Unease over no steering wheel and no LiDAR
Factory testing ≠ full public-road driverless ops
Pricing & commercial details undisclosed
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