Tesla is increasing production of the Cybercab at its Giga Texas facility after the first unit rolled off the production line in mid-February.
The information was shared by Joe Tegtmeyer, an enthusiast who regularly posts drone images of the Giga factory on X.
The user spotted more than 25 Cybercab units at the plant this week.
“Big day for Cybercab at Giga Texas today,” the user wrote. “Actually, yesterday to kick off March, the production line went into a higher volume & today we see 25 at three main locations, and there were several others I observed driving around too!”
According to Tegtmeyer, “this may be the largest single grouping of Cybercabs ever seen by the public.”
The images accompanying the post showed 14 units parked outside the factory exit, nine units in the crash testing zone, and two units at the W End-of-Line facility, as the user pointed out.
Last week, Tegtmeyer shared several images showing Cybercabs “exiting off the highway and traveling through the E-side parking lots and roads to the production line’s main door,” as well as six new Cybercabs at the crash testing area.
Hours later, Tesla shareholder Sawyer Merritt pointed out that, in these photos, “none of these Cybercabs have steering wheels.”
Test vehicles for the Cybercab model included mirrors, a steering wheel, and pedals — all of which are to be removed in the purpose-built, fully autonomous vehicle.
Production and Deliveries
Last month, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk reaffirmed on X that the first customer delivery, priced below $30,000, would still happen this year, recalling a bet made by tech reviewer MKBHD in late 2024.
Volume production is set to begin in April, as reiterated by the CEO in the latest earnings call in January.
Tesla remains confident in achieving production of one Cybercab every 10 seconds — the fastest production rate ever achieved in the automotive industry — and aims to halve the average time to only five seconds in the future.
The company is debuting its ‘Unboxing’ manufacturing process, patented last September, on the model’s manufacturing lines.
The CEO warned earlier in January, however, that “for Cybercab and Optimus, almost everything is new, so the early production rate will be agonizingly slow.”
Latest Updates
Earlier this year, Tesla expanded public road testing of the Cybercab model to five US states — including California, Texas, New York, Illinois, and now Massachusetts.
The company recently began winter tests of the model at its Alaska proving grounds.
The first Cybercab units were sighted on California roads in late October, near the company’s engineering headquarters.
Then, in late 2025, Cybercabs were spotted testing on public roads in Austin — where the Robotaxi service debuted months earlier, with modified Model Ys.
In February, Tesla filed for two new applications with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), for the words ‘Cybercar’ and ‘Cybervehicle.’
The applications come after Musk revealed at the latest earnings call that some states do not allow Tesla to use the words ‘Cab’ or ‘Taxi’ when referring to the model or the ride-hailing service.
