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Two gold Tesla Cybercabs with Texas plates driving down a tree-lined Austin street as people film them from the sidewalk

Cybercab · Earnings

Tesla Cuts 2026 Capex to $20B as SpaceX Spends $19.6B in One Quarter

Tesla cut its 2026 capex forecast to about $20 billion and posted $1.53 billion of free cash flow, a day after Musk said SpaceX merger committees had formed.

Haye KestelooOct 224 min read

Robotaxi

Tesla Cybercabs Surface in Charlotte, Giving the Giga Texas Pile Its First Visible Destination

Fourteen Tesla Cybercabs and 14 Model Ys with Texas plates appeared in a Charlotte lot as Tesla hires a safety operator, setting up a race with Waymo.

Haye KestelooJul 27

Robotaxi

Tesla Cybercab Hits Public Roads in New Zealand, Caked in Winter Testing Grime

A Tesla Cybercab appeared on a public New Zealand road in footage surfacing July 24, 2026, wearing local plates and a month of test grime, in what appears to be the first video of the robotaxi moving under its own power outside the US.

Haye KestelooJul 24

Rows of gold Tesla Cybercab vehicles staged in a parking lot at Gigafactory Texas

Robotaxi

Tesla Stages 245 Cybercabs at Giga Texas, Hitting EVXL's 200-Unit Call Ten Weeks Early

A drone flyover of Gigafactory Texas on July 18, 2026 captured 245 Tesla Cybercab units staged across Austin factory lots, more than double the 102 cars observers counted five weeks earlier.

Haye KestelooJul 19

Regulation

NHTSA Chief Says Agency Will 'Absolutely' Consider Dropping Steering Wheel Rule for Driverless Cars

NHTSA Administrator Jonathan Morrison said the agency will consider ending steering wheel requirements for fully driverless vehicles, a potential regulatory opening for Tesla's steering-wheel-free Cybercab.

Haye KestelooJul 10

Robotaxi

Tesla Gets Written Out of New Jersey's Robotaxi Bill, and Its Own Record Helped Draft It

New Jersey lawmakers are weighing a bill that would keep Tesla's robotaxi out of the state before it ever carries a passenger there. Senate Bill S1677 would create a three-year autonomous vehicle pilot program overseen by the state Department of Transportation and the Motor Vehicle Commission, and it requires every participating vehicle to pair its cameras with two additional sensor types, such as lidar or radar.

Haye KestelooJul 10

Cybercab

Tesla Cybercab Clears EPA Certification With 219 HP, Front-Wheel Drive, And A Range Number That Needs A Caveat

Tesla's Cybercab cleared EPA certification: front-wheel drive, 219 hp, 326V pack. The 418-mile calculated range needs a caveat before the window sticker.

Haye KestelooJun 15

Texas

Tesla Cybercab Outbound Lot Hits Its Fullest Yet at Giga Texas

The outbound lot at Gigafactory Texas held its largest visible batch of production Cybercab units yet on Sunday, June 14, 2026, with the gold-finished robotaxis staged in tight rows along the factory’s west side. A widely shared count from a Tesla observer on X put the tally at a record 102 cars, a figure that…

Haye KestelooJun 14

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