Tesla is opening Cybercab ownership to individual buyers. In an announcement on X this evening, Tesla said select customers are being invited to purchase the two-seat vehicle for personal use. The accompanying images reveal a $29,990 purchase price, a required $299 monthly subscription and estimated deliveries in December 2026.
Cybercab Price and Requirements
While Tesla previously stated that they expected to sell the Cybercab for less than $30,000, this is now official. It’s also the first time we have an idea of what Tesla’s “Unsupervised FSD” may cost, with Tesla stating that the autonomy subscription costs $299 per month.
This is honestly much cheaper than we were expecting, but it is a subscription and it can change at any time, especially as Tesla makes the Cybercab more useful by expanding the service area.
Item
Details
Vehicle price
$29,990 before taxes
Autonomy Subscription
$299 per month
Included subscription
One month
Order deposit
$1,000, nonrefundable
Estimated delivery
December 2026
The Autonomy Subscription is required to operate the Cybercab, so buyers will need to account for that ongoing cost. Tesla's order page also states that regular vehicle maintenance is required for operation.
Cybercab Uses
Not a Tesla App
Tesla specifically calls out the Cybercab being available to buy for personal use, which means that this won’t be just to use on the Robotaxi network. On the flip side, it likely also means that it can’t be used for business purposes like Uber, Doordash or even by a company.
Right now, the vehicle can presumably only operate in the same geofence as Tesla’s own Cybercab vehicles in Austin, making their use limited unless you live and work within the geofence. This could affect the price of the “autonomy subscription” which appears to be the name Tesla will be using for Unsupervised FSD.
Service Areas
At least one customer has already placed an order. Matt Holm shared his Cybercab order confirmation on X. His screenshot shows a Tesla email confirming the order and advising that a Tesla advisor will follow up.
Tesla says initial availability is limited and operation is restricted to supported service areas, which we imagine is Austin, Texas. Right now that’s the only location Tesla is operating Cybercabs. However, that will expand as the Cybercab continues to ramp.
Owners will be able to monitor their Cybercab and manage rides through an app, presumbly the Robotaxi app, or potentially even the regular Tesla app.
Cybercab Storage Compared With Model 3
Tesla lists 20.1 cubic feet of storage space for the Cybercab. That is close to the Model 3, which includes 24.1 cubic feet of storage in the frunk and trunk. However, the Cybercab is a much smaller and lighter vehicle.
The Cybercab itself appears identical to the one we’ve already seen, including seating for two, ambient lighting and the 21” screen.
During the Q3 2026 earnings call, Tesla targeted initial customer deliveries by year-end as Cybercab production ramped. Musk also said Tesla expected to own the vast majority of Cybercabs at the earnings call, leading us to believe that this vehicle would be limited to the Robotaxi network, but it looks like that isn’t the case.
With some lucky customers being able to order the vehicle today and deliveries scheduled for next month, we should find out a lot more about these vehicles and how they’ll operate for personal use soon.
Tesla is working hard to make sure you never have to steer again. Meanwhile, some owners are coming up with new ways to steer anyway.
Automotive cybersecurity researcher Matthew KuKanich shared a video on Reddit of himself controlling his Tesla with a Nintendo Switch 2. According to KuKanich, his setup gives him “full access to vehicle functions,” including steering, the accelerator and brakes, turn signals, the horn, shifting, and the windshield wipers.
How It Works
KuKanich didn’t hack the Tesla itself. Instead, he jailbroke a Switch 2 and wrote a custom app called CAN Commander that sends commands to the car through its CAN bus, the internal network its components use to talk to each other.
“I built the custom Switch 2 software and the external CAN control system for my Tesla,” KuKanich explained on X.
Matthew KuKanich
The app maps each car function to the Switch’s controls. The left stick steers, ZR accelerates, ZL brakes, and A switches between Drive and Reverse. L and R activate the turn signals, X gives a single wipe, and Y sounds the horn. The app also pulls live data from the car and shows it on screen, including speed, steering angle, the current gear, and a connection status. KuKanich says it includes several safety features, and you have to hold B to exit.
In the video, the car stays parked while KuKanich moves the left stick and the Tesla’s steering wheel turns to match, with the turn signals blinking on cue.
KuKanich has done this before. He’s controlled his Tesla with an Xbox controller and even a Wii Remote, which supported motion controls so the steering wheel turned as he tilted the controller. Some of his videos even show his novel steering experiments in action on the road.
A game controller works fine for steering, at least until stick drift kicks in. KuKanich hasn’t released the code for his project yet but said he may upload it to his GitHub page. Even if he does, this is clearly a cool research project and not something to take onto public roads.
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