Tesla opens Cybercab sales to select customers as autonomous vehicle rollout expands
Tesla is moving toward direct sales of fully designed autonomous vehicles by inviting select customers to buy its two-seat Cybercab for personal use. The offering is priced at $29,990 and includes an Autonomy Subscription, signaling a broader commercial step beyond the company's existing robotaxi service.
Highlights
- Tesla invites select customers to purchase the Cybercab for $29,990 with a $299 monthly Autonomy Subscription, aiming for nationwide rollout pending regulatory approval.
- Elon Musk states the subscription fee is too high and should align with other Tesla Full Self Driving offerings at about $115 per month.
- Tesla expanded its unsupervised robotaxi service from Austin in June 2025 to Dallas, Houston, and Miami by July 2026, signaling broadening autonomous operations contingent on further regulatory clearance.
Cybercab offer and rollout plan
As reported by Reuters, citing Tesla in posts on X, the company is inviting select customers to purchase the Cybercab, a golden butterfly-door two-seater, for personal use. The vehicle is listed at $29,990 with an "Autonomy Subscription" priced at $299 a month.Chief Executive Elon Musk says the offer will be available nationwide as Tesla receives regulatory approval. He also says the monthly fee is too high and should align more closely with the cost of Tesla Full Self Driving and connectivity for other models, which is about $115 per month.
Tesla's vice president of vehicle engineering, Lars Moravy, said last month that the EV maker aims to start selling Cybercab robotaxis to the public by the end of this year. In a separate X post, Tesla's head of artificial intelligence, Ashok Elluswamy, says the Cybercab will operate unsupervised in the same geo locations as the robotaxi.
Expansion of Tesla's autonomous operations
Tesla is extending the Cybercab plan as it broadens its unsupervised robotaxi network in the U.S. The company launched the service in Austin, Texas, in June 2025, expanded it to Dallas and Houston in April 2026 and rolled it out in Miami in July 2026.The move points to Tesla's effort to turn its autonomous driving system from a ride-hailing operation into a personal vehicle product. Regulatory approvals remain central to that expansion, as nationwide availability for the Cybercab still depends on clearance in additional markets.
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