Tesla sells the Cybercab for $29,990. There is also a mandatory monthly subscription of $299.
Tesla invited select customers on November 13 to purchase a Cybercab outright. The driverless, two-seater robotaxi costs $29,990 before taxes, but it cannot move without the Autonomy Subscription at $299 per month. Tesla plans to begin deliveries in December 2026 in Austin, Texas, with the vehicle only operating where the Robotaxi service is available.
What’s Included in the Order
A non-refundable deposit of $1,000 is required to place an order. The subscription is pre-selected on the page and cannot be unchecked. The first month is included in the vehicle’s price, with Tesla charging for subsequent months until cancellation. The fine print states that “a subscription and regular maintenance are required” for the vehicle to function. An invitation email adds that the Cybercab is “only available in supported areas.”
The rest of the specifications were already known. The vehicle has two seats, a 21-inch screen in the center, and a trunk with a capacity of 20.1 cubic feet (approximately 570 liters), with driving controlled via an app. It uses the same AI4 computer as the current Model Y. Cybercabs are produced at the Gigafactory Texas, and since September 2026, a few have been operating in a limited Robotaxi service in Austin alongside a fleet of Model Ys. In early November, Musk announced that the Cybercab would feature a 40 kWh battery instead of the current 47.6 kWh battery. It is unclear which battery pack will be available to early customers.
Private sales are supplementary to the fleet. During Tesla’s third-quarter 2026 earnings call, the company’s management said that the vast majority of Cybercabs will remain in the company’s hands and be used to transport passengers in Robotaxi services.
Five years is almost $48,000.
In 2024, at the Cybercab showcase, Musk promised a price below $30,000. This goal was officially achieved, though the subscription costs $3,588 per year. Fred Lambert from Electrek calculated that after five years, including the car’s cost, the total amounts to about $47,600, and that’s without insurance, maintenance, taxes, or charging.
In exchange, you get a car confined to designated areas. Tesla operates Robotaxi in eight cities: Austin, Dallas, Houston, Fort Worth, and San Antonio in Texas, as well as Miami, Orlando, and Tampa in Florida. Outside these areas, the Cybercab stays in a garage because it cannot be driven manually.
The coverage areas are smaller than indicated on the map. Koby Pierce, who has been tracking the service independently, checked thousands of addresses in six cities using the Robotaxi app and found that Tesla only accepts orders within 59-78% of the advertised coverage area. In Austin, where the first private vehicles will arrive, this is around 59%. Train tracks take up a lot of space: in Houston, the app estimated that a trip across two blocks in the downtown area would take about 40 minutes because the car had to avoid the tracks. San Antonio airport is within the coverage area, yet Robotaxi does not deliver there.
Sales are limited to Texas and Florida only, so Europe is not an option for now.
NHTSA has not yet made a decision
The U.S. regulator NHTSA ordered Tesla to testify under oath that the car without a brake pedal meets federal safety standards that require such a pedal. Tesla responded on October 30 and requested that the entire response be kept confidential. No decision has been made yet, and the car is already on sale.
Lambert also points out the Model Y. It has the same AI4 computer and can drive autonomously in the same areas, but owners who paid for FSD are still waiting for fully autonomous driving. Tesla has pushed back this timeline to around the second quarter of 2027. Fred Lambert, an author at Electrek, writes, “If this technology works autonomously in Austin, enable it for Model Y owners in Austin as well.”
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