Tesla says more than 300 Cybercabs now serve Austin, eight times as many as 30 days ago. Tesla’s Robotaxi account posted the figure on X on October 10, calling it an “8x increase in 30 days.” It is Tesla’s own number, and it describes a fleet that began carrying public riders only on September 3.
What the numbers show
A public tracker called TexasAVTracker counted 319 Cybercabs registered in Texas as of October 12, which is consistent with Tesla’s claim. The same tracker shows Tesla’s Model Y robotaxi count holding at 420 for two weeks while Cybercab numbers climbed. A tracker is not Tesla, and registrations are not the same as cars in service on any given day. As far as we can tell, Austin is the only U.S. city where Tesla uses the Cybercab for ride-hailing.
What Tesla insiders say
Tesla director Kimbal Musk, who is Elon Musk’s brother, rode one and wrote that it is “amazing to use. And on time.” Tesla’s AI chief, Ashok Elluswamy, said he could not believe the Cybercab is a real product. Both have a stake in the product’s success, so read the praise as a signal from the inside, not an independent review.
The regulator question
Around the launch, about 45 Cybercabs were registered in Texas, so the count has grown fast. Federal regulators have also looked into how Tesla certified a car with no steering wheel under U.S. safety rules. We have not found how that inquiry has ended.
What comes next
Dallas is next, and Tesla has not given a date that we can find. Tesla is also showing the Cybercab in Paris this week. See our report: Tesla Shows Its Cybercab in Europe for the First Time in Paris.
Our take: eight times sounds huge, but it starts from a small base. By Tesla’s own math, the fleet was roughly 40 cars a month ago. The jump says more about how fast Tesla is adding cars than how big the service is. The fleet figure is Tesla’s own claim, and the registration count is the better check on it. The next numbers to watch are a second city and any word from regulators.
