Tesla registered a record 150 Cybercabs in Texas overnight. It now has 319
The Texas autonomous vehicle registry shows 319 Tesla Cybercabs, up from 169 a day earlier. Cybercabs now make up 43% of Tesla's Robotaxi fleet in Texas. Meanwhile, NHTSA gave Tesla 30 more days, until October 30, to answer its questions about how the steering-wheel-free car was certified.
Tesla registered a record 150 Cybercabs for its Texas Robotaxi fleet in a single day. According to the autonomous vehicle registry of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV), the total has reached 319 Cybercabs, up from 169 the day before. The number nearly doubled overnight.
43% of the fleet is now Cybercab
With the new registrations, Tesla's Robotaxi fleet in Texas rose from 589 to 739 vehicles: 420 Model Ys and 319 Cybercabs. That means the two-seater with no steering wheel or pedals already makes up 43% of the fleet registered in Texas. Over the last 30 days, the fleet has grown by more than 300 vehicles.
Public Cybercab rides are still limited to Austin, the only city where you can hail one, as shown on our Tesla Robotaxi map. But Not a Tesla App reports that nearly 200 Cybercabs have been spotted in Houston, where driverless Model Y robotaxis already operate.
NHTSA: new deadline, October 30
Meanwhile, Tesla has been given more time to answer the US road safety regulator, NHTSA. On September 3, the agency opened a probe into how Tesla certified that the Cybercab meets federal safety standards (FMVSS), even though it has no steering wheel, pedals or side mirrors.
Tesla asked for eight more weeks, until November 20, citing the sheer volume of the request. NHTSA granted only 30 days, moving the deadline from September 30 to October 30. The agency has 21 questions, from expansion plans to brakes, turn signals and cameras. The biggest one: why Tesla didn't apply for an exemption, as Zoox did, and self-certified the car instead.
Cybercab rides in Austin continue while the probe plays out. In Europe, the closest thing to a Robotaxi for now is at the Paris Motor Show, where visitors can ride on public roads in a Model 3 with FSD (Supervised).
