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Every addition and status change is dated. Claims keep their address when their status changes.

10 November 2026, 21:40 Pacific

48 claims added. 8 articles published. Source audit run: 8 sources re-read, 5 claims corrected. Key numbers and a cities page added at 21:50. Deep dive at 22:00: specs page, questions tracker, 21 more claims, 6 claims updated, 34 more answers. Search, tags, FAQ and dataset markup added at 21:45.

Corroborated No side mirrors or rear window; camera-only driving system, no lidar or radar.

Wikipedia, Tesla Cybercab

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: specs

Corroborated Uses Tesla 4680 cells; payload 617 lb; efficiency about 165 Wh per mile.

Wikipedia, Tesla Cybercab

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: specs

Tesla claim A smaller 40 kWh pack is coming through efficiency improvements.

Elon Musk on X, 7 to 8 Nov 2026. Teslarati, 8 Nov 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: specs

Tesla claim A liquid silver paint option is coming.

Elon Musk on X, Nov 2026. Teslarati, 8 Nov 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: specs

Corroborated Built at Gigafactory Texas. Pilot production from February 2026; volume production from April 2026.

Tesla Q1 2026 10-Q (pilot); later reporting (volume). iTechGuides, citing Tesla Q1 2026 10-Q; Wikipedia, Tesla Cybercab

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: production

Tesla claim Installed Cybercab capacity in Texas of more than 125,000 a year.

Tesla Q3 2026 update. Tesla North, Q3 2026 results

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: production

Tesla claim Battery supply is the main limit on how fast output grows, not the assembly line.

Tesla Q3 2026 letter: "battery availability continued to be the limiting factor." Electrek, Q3 2026 results

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: production

Tesla claim Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas will wind down around mid-2027 to make room for more Cybercab production.

Elon Musk, 6 Nov 2026, reported by Reuters. Tech Insider, citing Reuters, 6 Nov 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: production

Tesla claim More than 300 Cybercabs serving Austin by 10 October 2026, 8 times the launch fleet.

Tesla Robotaxi account on X, 10 Oct 2026. Not a Tesla App, Oct 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: cities and fleet

Tesla claim Cybercab rides in Dallas planned for November 2026, the first city after Austin.

Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla VP of AI software, Q3 2026 earnings call, 21 Oct 2026. Not yet confirmed as live. Tesla North, Q3 2026 call

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: cities and fleet

Tesla claim 3,112,541 autonomous Robotaxi miles between 22 January and 18 October 2026, across 6 cities, Model Y and Cybercab combined.

Tesla's Robotaxi Safety Report. Counts miles with no safety monitor in the car, including trips with remote assistance. Tesla Robotaxi Safety Report; Tesla North, 21 Oct 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: cities and fleet

History: 2026-09-30 tesla claim: Nearly 2 million cumulative unsupervised miles at the end of Q3. → 2026-10-18 tesla claim: 3,112,541 miles in Tesla's Safety Report.

Reported Nevada approval for up to 5,000 Cybercabs in Clark County (Las Vegas).

Basenor, 21 Oct 2026; EVwire, 22 Oct 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: cities and fleet

Reported Austin Robotaxi service area of about 246 square miles.

Not a Tesla App, Oct 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: cities and fleet

Reported Cybercabs seen staged in Houston (nearly 200) and Miami before any rider service there.

Sightings, not a launch. Not a Tesla App, Oct 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: cities and fleet

Reported Tesla disclosed 9 operating areas in greater Phoenix, including Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa and Chandler.

Basenor, citing Tesla, Jun 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: cities and fleet

Tesla claim Tesla aims to run Robotaxi service around the clock by the end of 2026.

Q3 2026 earnings call. EVwire, 22 Oct 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: cities and fleet

Reported A Cybercab display tour of Asia began in Hong Kong on 9 September 2026. No sales, test drives or rides.

Wikipedia, Tesla Cybercab

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: cities and fleet

Corroborated Tesla answered NHTSA's Special Order on the 30 October deadline and asked that the entire response be kept confidential.

NHTSA docket AQ26002; Electrek, 5 Nov 2026; NHTSA extension memo, 29 Sep 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: regulation

History: 2026-09-10 confirmed: Special Order issued, answers due 30 September. → 2026-09-22 confirmed: Deadline extended to 30 October. → 2026-10-30 corroborated: Tesla answered and asked for full confidentiality.

Reported An audit query is not a recall or a stop order. As of 8 November 2026 the docket showed no ruling and no finding.

EVXL, 8 Nov 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: regulation

Reported NHTSA has 8 rulemakings under way to update standards written for human drivers, including brake pedals, wipers, lighting and mirrors.

NHTSA statement, Sep 2026. Pulse 2.0, NHTSA statement

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: regulation

Tesla claim First customer deliveries targeted by the end of 2026.

Lars Moravy, Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering, Q3 2026 earnings call, 21 Oct 2026. EVwire, 22 Oct 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: buying and owning

Discredited "Confirmed starting price of $25,000."

Tesla has published no price. Musk's 2024 "roughly $25K" was a cost target.

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: buying and owning

Confirmed Tesla takes interest from businesses wanting to buy Cybercab fleets and build Robotaxi infrastructure.

Tesla's own interest form. Not a Tesla App, fleet interest form

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: buying and owning

Tesla claim "The vast majority of the Cybercab stuff will be essentially Tesla-owned."

Elon Musk, Q3 2026 earnings call, 21 Oct 2026. Tesla North, Q3 2026 call

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: buying and owning

Scenario Analyst estimate: Tesla robotaxi cost about $0.81 per mile against about $1.43 for Waymo.

Morgan Stanley, reported Dec 2025. An estimate, not an observed cost. Wikipedia, Tesla Cybercab

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: fares and costs

Scenario Analyst projection: about $0.16 per mile for Cybercab by 2030.

ARK Invest projection. Wikipedia, Tesla Cybercab

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: fares and costs

Reported Waymo completes more than 450,000 paid rides a week.

Electrek, 25 Mar 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: Waymo and rivals

Tesla claim Miles by city to 18 October 2026: Austin 2,118,015; Dallas 608,130; Houston 225,964; Orlando 61,053; Tampa 53,117; Miami 46,262.

Tesla Robotaxi Safety Report. Not a Tesla App, 21 Oct 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: cities and fleet

Tesla claim Of those miles: 862,000 after dark, 575,000 in rush hour, 113,000 in rain.

Tesla Robotaxi Safety Report. Not a Tesla App, 21 Oct 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: cities and fleet

Reported Cybercabs were about 52% of Tesla's Texas Robotaxi registrations on 27 October 2026: 544 Cybercabs and 507 Model Y.

Texas registry reporting. Tech Insider, Texas registry counts

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: cities and fleet

Tesla claim Cybercab rides in other cities, after Dallas, before the end of 2026.

CFO Vaibhav Taneja, Q3 2026 call. No cities named. The Charge Port, Oct 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: cities and fleet

Reported Robotaxis run an unsupervised version of FSD v15 on modified HW4 computers.

Basenor, 29 Oct 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: cities and fleet

Confirmed The Special Order put 21 requests to Tesla, to be answered under oath, covering standards written for human drivers such as mirrors, turn signals and foot brakes.

NHTSA Special Order, 10 Sep 2026. EVXL, 8 Nov 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: regulation

Confirmed Tesla asked for 8 more weeks, to 20 November. NHTSA gave 30 days, to 30 October.

NHTSA extension memo, 29 Sep 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: regulation

Reported The only readable document in Tesla's response is its Cybercab First Responder Interaction Plan, version 1.2.

Electrek, 5 Nov 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: regulation

Tesla claim Tesla reports zero injuries, zero airbag deployments and no pedestrians or cyclists hit across 3.1 million autonomous miles.

Tesla's own report. It counts only collisions where the Robotaxi made first contact, and only miles with no safety monitor. Tesla Robotaxi Safety Report; Tesla North, 21 Oct 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: insurance and safety

Reported Earlier Robotaxi crashes, with a safety monitor on board, were reported to NHTSA in 2025: 14 collisions over about 800,000 miles by early 2026.

Reporting on NHTSA crash filings. Excluded from Tesla's safety report.

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: insurance and safety

Reported Waymo reports more than 270 million driverless miles through June 2026 and 82% fewer injury crashes than human drivers.

Waymo figures as reported, Oct 2026.

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: Waymo and rivals

Reported Texas registrations in late October 2026: Waymo about 1,259 vehicles, Tesla about 1,204.

Registry tracker reporting. Tech Insider, Texas registry counts

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: Waymo and rivals

Conflicting The standard Austin fare formula.

Reported as $3.00 base plus $1.40 a mile (March 2026) and as $3.25 base plus $1.00 a mile (October 2026). Tesla publishes no rate card. The Driven, 17 Mar 2026; Basenor, 29 Oct 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: fares and costs

Reported On one Austin route on 4 September 2026, a Cybercab cost $7.77 and a Model Y Robotaxi $12.10.

One rider's screenshot. Not a Tesla App, Sep 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: fares and costs

Reported On another short route days later, the Cybercab cost $15.24 and the Model Y $12.04. Pricing is dynamic.

One rider's screenshot. Tesla Oracle, 7 Sep 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: fares and costs

Reported Tesla offered free first Robotaxi rides in late October 2026.

Basenor, 29 Oct 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: fares and costs

Corroborated Height 55.4 in; width 69.0 in; ground clearance 5.7 in; step-in height 16.5 in.

Tesla Cybercab Rider Guide, as reported. Tesla's FAQ and Rider Guide have differed on dimensions. Not a Tesla App, Cybercab specs

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: specs

Reported Length about 175 in.

Estimate from side-by-side comparison, not a Tesla figure. Teslarati, size comparison

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: specs

Corroborated Legroom 43.4 in; headroom 38.3 in; hip room 50.1 in.

Tesla Cybercab Rider Guide, as reported.

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: specs

Corroborated Rear trunk 20.2 cu ft (572 L); trunk weight limit 220 lb.

Tesla Cybercab Rider Guide, as reported. Not a Tesla App, Cybercab specs

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: specs

Corroborated Two butterfly doors that open and close automatically.

Wikipedia, Tesla Cybercab

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: specs

7 claims updated.

Corroborated Range about 293 miles.

Reported EPA-adjusted figure. Tesla has not advertised a final range. Tech Digest, 9 Nov 2026

First recorded 2026-09-13 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: specs

History: 2026-09-13 unknown: 250 and 300 mile figures both unconfirmed. → 2026-11-10 corroborated: About 293 miles, EPA-adjusted, now widely reported.

Reported 544 Cybercabs registered in Texas on 27 October 2026.

Texas registry reporting. Tech Insider, Texas registry counts

First recorded 2026-09-13 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: cities and fleet

History: 2026-09-13 reported: 49 Cybercabs on the Texas registry, 10 to 11 September. → 2026-10-09 reported: 319 registered. → 2026-10-27 reported: 544 registered.

Tesla claim 3,112,541 autonomous Robotaxi miles between 22 January and 18 October 2026, across 6 cities, Model Y and Cybercab combined.

Tesla's Robotaxi Safety Report. Counts miles with no safety monitor in the car, including trips with remote assistance. Tesla Robotaxi Safety Report; Tesla North, 21 Oct 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: cities and fleet

History: 2026-09-30 tesla claim: Nearly 2 million cumulative unsupervised miles at the end of Q3. → 2026-10-18 tesla claim: 3,112,541 miles in Tesla's Safety Report.

Corroborated Tesla answered NHTSA's Special Order on the 30 October deadline and asked that the entire response be kept confidential.

NHTSA docket AQ26002; Electrek, 5 Nov 2026; NHTSA extension memo, 29 Sep 2026

First recorded 2026-11-10 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: regulation

Tesla claim Tesla lists Las Vegas, Phoenix, Jacksonville and San Antonio as coming soon. No dates given.

Tesla Robotaxi Safety Report page, 21 Oct 2026. Not a Tesla App, 21 Oct 2026

First recorded 2026-09-13 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: cities and fleet

History: 2026-01-28 reported: Phoenix and Las Vegas announced for the first half of 2026. → 2026-10-21 tesla claim: Listed as coming soon with Jacksonville and San Antonio. No dates.

Unknown Whether privately owned Cybercabs can join the Robotaxi network.

No terms published.

First recorded 2026-09-13 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: buying and owning

History: 2026-09-13 reported: Model Y Robotaxi in 6 metros; Cybercab in Austin only. → 2026-11-10 corroborated: 6 metros plus a Bay Area service with a safety driver; Fort Worth report not verified.

Reported No MSRP, configurator or consumer order page published.

Checked in reporting through October 2026. The Pricer, 4 Sep 2026; Tech Insider, Oct 2026

First recorded 2026-09-13 · Last verified 2026-11-10 · Tag: buying and owning

History: 2026-09-13 reported: No MSRP or order page as of 4 September. → 2026-11-10 reported: Still none in reporting through October.

13 September 2026

Ledger started with 54 claims from primary documents (Tesla Rider Guide, Emergency Response Guide, EPA filing, patents, NHTSA, California DMV and CPUC records) and September 2026 reporting.