{"id":214921,"date":"2026-03-22T01:26:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T01:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/214921\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T01:26:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T01:26:02","slug":"tesla-cybercab-makes-waves-at-sxsw-as-production-nears-in-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/214921\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Cybercab Makes Waves at SXSW as Production Nears in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tesla<\/a><\/p>\n

The streets of Austin, Texas, served as the backdrop for a revealing first look at the Tesla Cybercab<\/a> during the South by Southwest festival. Reviewers Kyle, Logan, and Scott from Out of Spec Reviews shared their raw impressions of the vehicle, which Tesla suggests could enter production at its local Gigafactory as early as April 2026.<\/p>\n

Designed strictly for autonomy, the Cybercab completely reimagines the passenger experience by removing the steering wheel and pedals. The interior prioritizes comfort with legroom that reviewers described as \u201cabsolutely stellar\u201d and \u201cinsane,\u201d noting that it could easily accommodate passengers up to 6\u20194\u2033 tall. A massive, perfectly centred display serves as the cabin\u2019s hub, and the lack of a traditional dashboard provides a level of openness unlike any other vehicle on the road.<\/p>\n

The vehicle\u2019s design emphasizes efficiency and durability for high-frequency ride-sharing. To keep maintenance simple, the cabin lacks traditional door pockets or cubbies, ensuring passengers don\u2019t leave items behind. Outside, the car features a clean look that avoids the bulky sensors typical of other self-driving fleets, relying instead on Tesla\u2019s camera-based Full Self-Driving suite.<\/a><\/p>\n

While technical details like battery size and exact range remain under wraps, the pre-production model shown in Austin featured a valid VIN and was built just last month. Reviewers were impressed by the purpose-built design, with one stating, \u201cThis is going to be amazing,\u201d and another adding, \u201cI would love to ride in this.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The cabin is so spacious that even a 6\u20191\u2033 passenger could not touch the front wall with their heels while seated. One reviewer noted that the legroom is so vast that \u201cyou would have to be like what 6\u20195\u2033 or something\u201d to feel any restriction.<\/p>\n

The car is engineered with a very soft, \u201csquishy\u201d suspension to ensure passengers stay comfortable regardless of road conditions. \u201cYou just want to not feel potholes, not feel bumps,\u201d the reviewers explained while observing how the vehicle body flexes even with slight movement.<\/p>\n

The butterfly doors open and close automatically, a feature that \u201cpower opens\u201d to welcome passengers. Once inside, the doors can be latched through a digital button on the central screen, which also houses the window switches and two USB-C ports that were moved from the cup holders to stay cleaner.<\/p>\n

Despite its compact two-seater footprint, the vehicle features an \u201cextremely big\u201d rear trunk. The storage area is narrow but long, and the reviewers remarked that \u201cyou could put so much stuff in there.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Tesla eventually envisions a fleet that uses wireless inductive charging, this specific model features a physical NACS charging port in the rear. One reviewer pointed out, \u201cThat\u2019s your NACS inlet because it doesn\u2019t have wireless charging all set up yet,\u201d allowing it to use the existing Supercharger network as production ramps up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The streets of Austin, Texas, served as the backdrop for a revealing first look at the Tesla Cybercab…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-214921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}