Tesla has a long history of announcing things before they are ready. On April 24, 2026, Elon Musk posted a POV video of a steering-wheel-free Cybercab rolling out of Gigafactory Texas, and the internet seems to have lost its mind.
Musk has confirmed that the volume manufacturing of the autonomous robotaxi has begun. However, the company still has to figure out the harder part.
What exactly has Tesla built?
For those catching up, the Cybercab is a two-seat car featuring Tesla’s Full Self-Driving neural network. It’s intentionally built without a steering wheel or pedal. In place of side mirrors, the car features all-around cameras.
First production units of the Cybercab rolled off the assembly line in February 2026. However, continuous-volume manufacturing began in April 2026. Pricing, on the other hand, is expected to come in under $30,000, which would position the car as an affordable entry in the robotaxi network.
So, what’s the catch?
Cybercab’s existence is built on one thing: its ability to drive itself. However, Tesla hasn’t fully solved that (yet). The automaker’s current supervised robotaxi fleet crashes at around four times the rate of human drivers, which is about one incident per 57,000 miles rather than one per 229,000 miles.
Musk has himself admitted that the software can sometimes get cars “scared to move” or stuck in infinite loops. For now, unsupervised FSD for consumer vehicles has been pushed to the fourth quarter of 2026, a deadline that is currently being treated with utmost caution.
The product milestone has been announced at a moment when Tesla’s global sales have slumped for the second consecutive year. The Cybercab, for now, is the company’s biggest bet for turning things around. But even so, making it work autonomously and safely is the one part that millions of commuters actually care about.
