Tesla Invites Select Buyers to Purchase Cybercab
Tesla is offering its two-seat Cybercab to select customers for personal use, priced at US$29,990.
Updated on Nov. 14, 2026 in Robotics
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Tesla has invited select customers to buy the Cybercab for personal use, a golden two-seater with butterfly doors. The vehicle is priced at US$29,990 and is offered with an Autonomy Subscription of US$299 per month.
Why it matters
The offer marks an early step toward putting Tesla's robotaxi hardware into private hands, which would extend the company's autonomous driving service beyond its own fleet. It also tests whether consumers will pay for unsupervised driving as a subscription.
The Cybercab is a two-seat vehicle priced at US$29,990 with an Autonomy Subscription of US$299 per month, according to Tesla's announcement. Tesla has not stated how many select customers received the invitation or when deliveries will begin.
The players
Tesla
Tesla is an American electric vehicle and clean energy company led by Elon Musk that is developing autonomous driving technology.
Ashok Elluswamy
Ashok Elluswamy is Tesla's head of artificial intelligence, overseeing the software behind the company's self-driving systems.
The details
Tesla posted the offer on X with an image of the golden Cybercab, which has butterfly doors. Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla's head of artificial intelligence, said in a separate X post that the Cybercab will work unsupervised in all the same geographic locations as the robotaxi.
Timeline
June 2025: Tesla launched its unsupervised robotaxi service in Austin, Texas.
April 2026: The robotaxi service expanded to Dallas and Houston.
July 2026: The robotaxi service rolled out in Miami.
November 14, 2026: Tesla invited select customers to buy the Cybercab.
Roadmap
Tesla's unsupervised robotaxi service began in Austin, Texas in June 2025 and has since expanded to Dallas, Houston and Miami. The Cybercab offer moves that same unsupervised capability toward private ownership.
Buyers selected for the Cybercab would face a US$29,990 purchase price plus a US$299 monthly Autonomy Subscription for unsupervised driving. Whether the subscription is required to use the vehicle's autonomous features was not stated.
The takeaway
Consumers weighing an autonomous vehicle purchase should compare the upfront price with the ongoing subscription cost. Tesla's offer will show whether private buyers accept paying monthly for driverless capability.
What happens next
Tesla aims to begin selling Cybercab robotaxis to the public by the end of 2026.
Further reading
For broader coverage of autonomous machines, see Robotics.
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