Tesla · Robotaxi · 15 Oct 2026

Tesla registers 30 more Cybercabs in Texas, taking the total to 349

The latest batch on the Texas DMV list is small next to last week’s jump, but every new car Tesla adds to its Texas robotaxi fleet is still a two-seat Cybercab.

From @ALJR86Robotaxi desk

Tesla has added another 30 Cybercabs to its list of automated vehicles with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, bringing the total to 349. @SawyerMerritt first flagged the new batch overnight.

We checked the state’s public registry for Tesla Robotaxi LLC on Thursday morning. It lists 769 vehicles, up from 739 last week. The Model Y count has stayed at 420, so all 30 new entries are Cybercabs: 349 in total, now about 45% of Tesla’s registered Texas fleet.

How we got here

Public Cybercab rides started in Austin on 4 September. Tesla had about 45 Cybercabs on the Texas list at launch. The count then climbed to 67, 169 and then 319 after a single 150-car batch on 8 October. Tesla’s Robotaxi account said in early October that more than 300 Cybercabs were serving Austin. Since late September, every vehicle Tesla has added to the Texas list has been a Cybercab.

What the number does and doesn’t say

A registration means Tesla is allowed to run that car as an automated vehicle in Texas. It doesn’t show how many are carrying riders on a given day, and Tesla doesn’t publish Cybercab production figures. So 349 is best read as an upper bound on the Texas fleet and a proxy for the production ramp, not a count of active cabs.

Thirty cars is also a much smaller step than last week’s 150. One batch doesn’t make a trend. The next few updates will show whether the ramp is accelerating, or whether last week was a one-off catch-up.

The bigger picture

Tesla is pushing robotaxi beyond Austin, and Tesla executives have named Dallas as coming soon. The Cybercab, with no steering wheel or pedals, is also still under a US safety regulator review of how it meets federal vehicle standards. Tesla’s response is reportedly due by 30 October, after a 30-day extension (TeslaNorth).

Speculation

If Tesla keeps adding cars at anything like the pace of the last six weeks, the Cybercab could outnumber the Model Y on the Texas list within weeks. That would be a symbolic moment: the purpose-built robotaxi overtaking the car that bridged the gap.

Sources: Texas DMV automated motor vehicle registry (Tesla Robotaxi LLC), checked 15 Oct 2026, 09:50 Irish time; @SawyerMerritt. More: 319 Cybercabs, six weeks: what the Texas numbers really tell us.

Thirty cars is not a headline on its own. Thirty in a row, all Cybercabs, is the story.

— @AlJR86