Tesla to hand over first Cybercabs to buyers by Dec. 31

Tesla has been building its driverless two-seater for months, but no one outside the company could buy one until now.

Tesla plans to begin handing over Cybercabs to outside buyers before the end of 2026. Lars Moravy, Tesla's Vice President of Engineering, laid out the timetable during the company's third-quarter earnings call on October 21. He said Tesla is aiming to get Cybercabs to customers by the end of this year, 2026. That date would close out a long stretch of public guessing about when the vehicle would reach the market.

Moravy confirmed that the line at Gigafactory Texas is producing Cybercabs right now. He also said every unit coming off that line is currently going to Tesla's own internal Robotaxi fleet. Tesla launched public rides in its Robotaxi service in early September. Cybercab production itself started back in February.

Moravy said deliveries to customers will start small. Tesla wants to work through the details of handing over autonomous cars before scaling up. That includes delivery logistics, ownership models, fleet management, and running autonomous vehicles that Tesla does not control directly. As the operation grows, Moravy said Tesla will mainly deliver fully designed autonomous vehicles to its customers, with Cybercab as the first such vehicle.

CEO Elon Musk framed the Cybercab differently from Tesla's other cars. He described it as a transport-as-a-service offering. He said the vast majority of Cybercab units will be Tesla-owned. That places it apart from the Model 3, Model Y, and the upcoming Roadster, which are built for personal ownership. Tesla has previously said it would aim to sell Cybercabs for about $30,000.

The Cybercab is a two-seater with no steering wheel and no pedals. It leans entirely on Tesla's Full Self-Driving suite to operate. Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla's Head of AI, said during the call that unsupervised Full Self-Driving is expected to ship to consumer cars during the second quarter of 2027.

Hurdles remain before Cybercabs reach buyers. Regulators in some areas have lagged, and early buyers or fleet operators may receive vehicles whose autonomous operation is limited to certain geographies. Tesla has not said how many units will go to customers by year-end. The company's next earnings call in early 2027 may offer a clearer picture of delivery volumes and any regulatory constraints that shaped the first wave of handovers.