Tesla released a 2025 recap video on Tuesday, in which they stated that Cybercab production has started, as first highlighted by shareholder and content creator Sawyer Merritt on X.
A few hours later, CEO Elon Musk commented on the post, clarifying that the company was “just testing the production system.”
“Real production ramp starts in April,” the chief executive added.
The timeline was previously revealed by Musk in the latest Annual Shareholder Meeting, held in early November.
Cybercab Public Road Testing
Images shared by the X user Joe Tegtmeyer — who frequently posts drone footage of Tesla‘s factories — showed 16 Cybercab units at the Giga Texas crash test facility last week.
Just two weeks prior, the first Cybercab units were spotted testing on public roads in Austin — where its Robotaxi service had debuted months earlier, with modified Model Ys.
The Cybercab model was first sighted on California roads in late October, near Tesla‘s engineering headquarters.
Although the vehicle is intended to have no pedals or steering wheel, test vehicles still include features such as mirrors.
In August, Tesla’s VP of Engineering, Lars Moravy, acknowledged that there is a “Cybercab RC [remote controlled] fleet running around with a steering wheel,” though he clarified that it is “not for sale,” following speculation about the vehicles.
The production-ready Cybercab appears to have some design changes regarding its prototype version introduced in late 2024, as noticed by Merritt on X.
According to the shareholder, the trunk features “more rugged lining material” and a “slightly less wide trunk opening,” among others.
Production Rate
The company will debut the ‘Unboxing’ manufacturing process, patented in late September, in Cybercab production.
With the ‘Unboxed Process,’ Tesla aims to work on different sections of the vehicle separately, only later combining them in final assembly.
By then, Musk said on X that he’s “posted about Tesla taking this new path based on physics first principles long ago,” noting that “anyone is welcome to copy it,” as their patents “are open source.”
The company expects to achieve production of a unit every 10 seconds, with Musk admitting in November that while it “may ultimately take a few years to get there, it’s theoretically possible to get to a five-second production time.”
Responding to an investor who questioned whether Tesla was confident that every Cybercab produced would be deployed, the CEO said they aim for regulatory approval and the rate of production to go hand in hand.
“I think the rate at which we receive regulatory approval will roughly match the rate of Cybercab production,” he stated.
