Tesla added its two-door, steering-wheel-free Cybercab to its robotaxi network on Thursday, offering its first rides to the public in Austin as the company races to expand its autonomous ride-hailing service.
At an invite-only event in downtown Austin, Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s VP of AI, announced that the Cybercab was officially added to the company’s public robotaxi fleet, which, up until now, consisted only of Tesla Model Ys.
“You can go outside, take rides,” he said, closing out the Thursday keynote. “Anyone can take rides. It’s open to the entire public.”
Tesla didn’t provide details on the initial size of the public Cybercab fleet. Records…
