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First look at Tesla Cybercab’s steering: a Cybertruck wheel bolted on
Electrek • • business
Key Points:
- A pre-production Tesla Cybercab was spotted in Berkeley, California, revealing a Cybertruck steering wheel mounted on a temporary steering column in a vehicle designed to have no controls.
- The Cybercab, unveiled in October 2024 as a two-seat robotaxi with no steering wheel, pedals, or mirrors, is intended to be fully autonomous and priced under $30,000.
- Tesla is currently producing steering-wheel-less Cybercabs at Giga Texas but uses modified prototypes with steering wheels for public road testing to comply with regulations requiring a human driver.
- The steering wheel setup in the test vehicle is a temporary rig bolted into the car, highlighting the contrast between Tesla's vision of a fully autonomous robotaxi and the current need for human intervention during testing.
- Despite mass production of the Cybercab, Tesla's autonomous driving software is not yet ready for wide deployment, reflecting the common practice of using engineering mules with makeshift hardware during development.
