{"id":426735,"date":"2026-09-05T03:04:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T03:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/426735\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T03:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T03:04:29","slug":"where-can-you-hail-a-tesla-cybercab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/426735\/","title":{"rendered":"Where can you hail a Tesla Cybercab?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                    While you can currently order a driverless ride through Tesla\u2019s Robotaxi app in cities such as Houston and Orlando, if you want a chance at cruising in the newly launched Cybercab, that\u2019s only available in the Texas capital.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Tesla <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2250874\/tesla-offering-cybercab-robotaxi-rides\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">released the Cybercab on Austin streets<\/a>. The vehicle is designed to be fully autonomous: no steering wheel or break pedal to be seen, just a bench seat for two passengers and trunk space for luggage. The company is authorized to operate 314 driverless cars in Texas, but most are Model Ys; only 45 are Cybercabs.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle\u2019s launch didn\u2019t come without controversy, however. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tesla-rolls-out-cybercab-rides-and-the-feds-roll-out-an-investigation-2000807457\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gizmodo<\/a> reports that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday opened an investigation into \u201cthe process and technical data on which Tesla relied when certifying the Cybercab and related issues.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While you can currently order a driverless ride through Tesla\u2019s Robotaxi app in cities such as Houston and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-426735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426735","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=426735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}