Tesla to start fully autonomous Cybercab employee rides at Giga Texas

On July 10–11, 2026, @robotaxi posted a gold steering-wheel-less Cybercab on Gigafactory Texas campus and @Tesla announced: “Cybercab employee rides at Giga Texas starting soon.”

Internal engineering feedback

Eric E. Tesla, Cybercab/Robotaxi engineering lead, wrote on X: “50 rides in over the last few days and I still never wanted to get out of it at the end of the ride.” Executives have already been riding the two-seater before it opens to the full workforce (Not a Tesla App).

What Tesla has not said

Electrek notes there is no published route, fleet size, or confirmation whether trips stay on private factory grounds or public streets. A campus loop is very different from joining the paid Robotaxi network in Austin.

Drive Tesla Canada recalls Tesla replaced an first video with an edited cut (possible copyright issue), but the core message holds: validation in a controlled environment while software matures.

Toward public deployment

Tesla has been mass-producing Cybercabs since April and testing control-less units in Austin. Daily employee rides would add edge-case data before wide commercial service. The Cybercab is planned as the primary fleet vehicle; Model Ys would remain for markets requiring a safety driver or more than two passengers.

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