Tesla Cybercab

Long-term owners

It would pay for itself in about 3 years. Parking where I am at is about $50 a day.

Sep 2026 · comment

What hackers pick instead

• WaymoRecommended for crash data showing far fewer injuries than human drivers and for confident, predictable rides, though critics cite overly slow driving, blocked traffic and privacy worries.696recommend
• Tesla RobotaxiPeople praise its smooth, natural driving and low fares compared with Waymo and Uber, and say rides work fine. Critics say crash rates and unclear human supervision remain unresolved.41recommend
• Waymo DriverPeople recommend it as the most successful driverless system, with public rides that work, though critics note remote human help and limited service areas.23recommend

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The 40 most detailed of 67 comments. Each links to the original.

1. Tesla are producing cyber cabs now which are 10th the price of Waymo's and can drive autonomously anywhere in the world.

   Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Sub-$200 Lidar Could Reshuffle Auto Sensor Economics”

2. has about three or four times the efficiency and like a fifth of the price by having smaller, two person vehicles

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Waymo – Dallas Open to All”

3. It would pay for itself in about 3 years. Parking where I am at is about $50 a day.

   Mixed · Sep 2026 · in “If a Tesla Cybercab fleet were profitable, Tesla wouldn't sell you one”

4. Obviously Tesla's solution only works if their vision-only strategy bears fruit.

   Recommends · Nov 2025 · in “When Tesla's FSD works well, it gets credit. When it doesn't, you get blamed”

5. seems to be working out great as their cars will cost way less than Waymo's

   Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “Danish Pension Blacklists SpaceX over 'Catastrophic Governance'”

6. Cybercab is more efficient per rider mile than most public transit systems.

   Recommends · Sep 2026 · in “Growing proof that autonomous cars save lives”

7. I find myself reaching for the cybercabs instead at half the price.

   Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Gemini 4 Carbon”

8. There are now 300 cyber cabs driving people around Austin

   Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “Tesla Roadster”

9. the fact that they started production on the cybercab

   Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “Tesla (TSLA) discloses $2B AI hardware company acquisition buried”

10. cybercab will net them $50k per car per year

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “XAI Joins SpaceX”

11. Tesla Cybercab production cost is below $30k

    Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Waymo CEO explains why Tesla's camera-only self-driving falls short”

12. if the cybercab is cheaper because it doesn't include the sensors needed to actually see the world around it, that's not great either

    Criticizes · Aug 2026 · in “Waymo – Dallas Open to All”

13. Attempting to remotely supervise a level 2 vehicle using using a satellite data link is eye popping to say the least.

    Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “Tesla's Cybercab Is Being Investigated by Federal Regulators”

14. is geofenced and if it's like their other vehicles has human observers on standby for remote control

    Criticizes · Oct 2026 · in “AI use leads UC Berkeley math professor to see 'no point' in grading homework”

15. Sold and promised, doesn't exist yet. Tesla has a bad safety record in their on-street testing.

    Criticizes · Mar 2026 · in “Tesla and SpaceX announce $25B 'Terafab' chip factory – it reeks of desperation”

16. Tesla could add Lidar to their models, but it would cost them an extra couple of years.

    Criticizes · Aug 2026 · in “Waymo CEO explains why Tesla's camera-only self-driving falls short”

17. they’re rolling it out before Tesla’s self-driving software has been proven to be safe

    Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “If a Tesla Cybercab fleet were profitable, Tesla wouldn't sell you one”

18. Musk's claimed $20k price for the Cybercab is not credible until actually delivered

    Criticizes · Nov 2025 · in “Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk's $1T Pay Package”

19. they can't steer, hence why they have more accidents than humans per driven miles

    Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “Sub-$200 Lidar Could Reshuffle Auto Sensor Economics”

20. This feels like a highly misleading claim that might technically be true

    Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “Sub-$200 Lidar Could Reshuffle Auto Sensor Economics”

21. is it just elons promises that are worth the same as his previous ones?

    Criticizes · Dec 2025 · in “Tesla publishes analyst forecasts suggesting sales set to fall”

22. Tesla trying to build self driving cars without lidar has caused issues

    Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “Tesla's Cybercab has been deployed, and it's under investigation”

23. it handled various complications (a garbage truck, double-parked cars, construction, unpainted speed bumps) with aplomb

    Recommends · Sep 2026 · in “Rivian's gambit for full autonomy”

24. AND Cybercab. Tesla grows in large steps. Next big step is Robotaxis, which is well on its way.

    Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute”

25. I do like the idea of a large fleet of Cybercabs available to summon when needed.

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “First Cybercab Produced in Texas”

26. it's low height. It's easier for the elder to get into and out of taller vehicles

    Mixed · Aug 2026 · in “Waymo – Dallas Open to All”

27. put a car on the road for public use with no mirrors, steering wheel or pedals

    Recommends · Sep 2026 · in “Movie Review: Musk”

28. Cybercab is the same kind of step for Tesla as the Model 3 was back in 2017.

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “XAI Joins SpaceX”

29. nothing wrong with the concept. Implementation is the stumbling block.

    Mixed · Feb 2026 · in “First Cybercab Produced in Texas”

30. I won't book a ride with a friend or my pets in the latter.

    Mixed · Feb 2026 · in “Tesla 'Robotaxi' adds 5 more crashes in Austin in a month – 4x worse than humans”

31. Tesla's cyber cab doesn't need expensive suite of sensors

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

32. they are still quietly doing some advanced engineering

    Mixed · May 2026 · in “Uber wants to turn its drivers into a sensor grid for AV companies”

33. it looked kind of cool but kind of weird, too

    Mixed · Apr 2026 · in “Tesla reportedly developing new smaller, cheaper EV after killing Model 2”

34. and (begrudgingly) cybercab

    Mixed · Aug 2026 · in “Production Imminent: 40 Solar-Charging Aptera EVs Coming Soon”

35. More likely that it's going to be the same kind of step for Tesla as the Oculus was for Facebook.

    Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “XAI Joins SpaceX”

36. Does the pay off calculation include the frequent interior cleaning any rental car will need

    Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “If a Tesla Cybercab fleet were profitable, Tesla wouldn't sell you one”

37. Would you like to pay for the privilege of using our network, with hardware you buy from us

    Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “If a Tesla Cybercab fleet were profitable, Tesla wouldn't sell you one”

38. The issue with just "Flash a badge" is that it can easily be exploited in several ways.

    Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “Don't Get in a Crash in a Cybercab”

39. Everything has to go right with that, or cybercab will be irrelevant before it works.

    Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “XAI Joins SpaceX”

40. with Elon - one person is eating the risk, while one person eats 90% of the gains.

    Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “If a Tesla Cybercab fleet were profitable, Tesla wouldn't sell you one”