Tesla Now Has 300+ Cybercabs in Austin, Dallas Rides Next

Tesla’s Cybercab fleet in Austin is a lot bigger than anyone was tracking. The official Robotaxi account announced on X that Tesla now has “300+ Cybercabs serving Austin” just one month after launch, calling it “an 8x increase in 30 days.”

Austin won’t be the only city with Cybercab rides for long, either. Tesla VP of AI Ashok Elluswamy marked two years since the WeRobot event where the Cybercab debuted by noting on X that “the cabs are everywhere in Austin now,” before adding: “Dallas soon.”

Austin’s Cybercab Fleet Passes 300

Tesla started with somewhere around 38 Cybercabs when public rides began in Austin last month, so the current fleet of 300 puts it at around an 8x increase since. Independent fleet tracking based on Texas registration data showed around 169 Cybercabs in Austin earlier this month, after Tesla added 111 in just a couple of weeks. Tesla’s own number shows the fleet is much larger than that, and big enough to start looking at other markets.

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Austin is still the only city where riders can hail a steering wheel-less Cybercab, alongside unsupervised Model Y robotaxis across its 246 sq. mile service area.

Dallas Is Next for Cybercab Rides

Elluswamy didn’t share a launch date, only that Dallas is next on Tesla’s list. Dallas is one of Tesla’s seven active Robotaxi markets, with a 31 sq. mile service area centered on Downtown Dallas. It stretches north through Oak Lawn, Highland Park, University Park and Bluffview, bordering Dallas Love Field to the west and Lower Greenville to the east. Tesla already runs fully unsupervised Model Y rides in the city.

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Dallas is a bit of a surprise, since recent sightings of nearly 200 Cybercabs at Tesla’s Houston lot suggested Houston could be the next Cybercab city. Houston and Miami, where a large Cybercab nest has also been spotted, could still follow soon after Dallas, as could any of Tesla’s other active Robotaxi markets.

NHTSA Probe Still Looming

The expansion comes while federal regulators are still investigating the Cybercab. Tesla recently got a 30-day extension from NHTSA, giving it until October 30 to answer 21 questions about how it certified the steering wheel-less vehicle and its plans to scale commercial operations. It remains to be seen what bearing the probe will have on Tesla’s plans.

For now, Tesla appears to be moving ahead. With more than 300 Cybercabs in Austin and fleets building up in other Texas cities, Dallas riders could be hailing Cybercabs before the end of the year.