GoKawiilA Tesla Cybercab drives in Times Square following an appearance in New York City, U.S., Oct. 27, 2025.
Tesla's fledgling Robotaxi business teased fans with a post on X saying, "no steering wheel, no pedals," a reference to the company's forthcoming Cybercab driverless vehicles. Another post prompted riders to "try it out" in Austin, Texas, and CEO Elon Musk said in a pinned post, "A storm of Cybercabs."
Those comments on Wednesday came ahead of a planned event in Austin, where Tesla is expected to share more Cybercab details on Thursday. The company debuted the design of the vehicle almost two years ago.
Musk's automaker designed the Cybercab as a driverless two-seater with butterfly doors that it said will have no steering wheel or pedals. The company has been testing a version of the "purpose-built" robotaxi with human drivers and traditional controls in multiple markets across the U.S.
New Street Research analyst Pierre Ferragu and Tesla fans also shared video clips on X on Wednesday showing Cybercab vehicles circulating on public streets in Austin, with no steering wheel or driver on board.
Bullish investors are betting the company will soon unleash a torrent of robotaxis in a number of U.S. cities, as Tesla tries to eat into Waymo's big early lead.
Since at least 2016, Musk has told fans and investors that a Tesla vehicle capable of driving itself across the country without any human intervention was near. That still hasn't happened.
Tesla currently sells cars with a system called FSD — short for Full Self-Driving (Supervised). They require a human driver to remain at the wheel, ready to steer or brake at any time.
One Tesla Robotaxi tracker estimates that Tesla had just over 200 vehicles in its U.S. fleet that are registered as "unsupervised," capable of operating without a human driver on board, at least in geofenced areas of certain cities where they are allowed.