Tesla launches new driverless taxi with no steering wheel or pedals

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Tesla Cybercab is now giving driverless rides in parts of Austin, with passengers sitting inside a two-seat taxi that has no steering wheel or pedals.

AUSTIN: Imagine getting into a taxi, closing the door and realising there is no steering wheel or brake pedal. That is now a real experience for some passengers in Austin, Texas, where Tesla has started offering rides in its purpose-built Cybercab also called Robotaxi. The gold-coloured, two-seat robotaxi has been designed from the beginning to drive itself, with no traditional driving position inside.

Cybercab is engineered to be the safest car on the road pic.twitter.com/EQMROaMk2E

— Tesla (@Tesla) September 3, 2026

The Tesla Cybercab is currently operating in limited parts of Austin through Tesla’s existing Robotaxi service. It marks a major change from the company’s earlier robotaxi operations, which mainly used modified Model Y vehicles that still had normal driving controls. Reuters reported that 45 Cybercabs were registered in Texas as Tesla prepared for the rollout.

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