Tesla sells FSD, cars, meaning the driver is required to supervise and intervene if needed.

These are fully automated, but are in such small numbers, in only a few geo-fenced locations. I strongly suspect that at least initially there's someone supervising/intervening in the 'driverless' cybercabs.

They couldn't count on passengers not just 'grabbing the wheel' and causing a problem.

Tell you what, why don't you put out your own "redundant taxi" to compete with "Roboraxis"? Instead of NO driver controls have a driver and give the passenger their own accelerator, brake, shifter, and steering wheel - just for those edge-case scenarios when the taxi driver is not capable of safely driving?

What could possibly go wrong?

Firemen don't move cars...

https://www.firerescue1.com/fi...

Don't be an ass.

They absolutely, positively, train and prepare for every TYPE of car, not each model.

They train on ICE, Hybrid EV, Plug-in EV, and EVs

One of the many, many reasons to limit the rollout of cybercabs is to ensure local first responders are trained to handle them in an emergency.

Firemen don't move/drive cars, so the lack of steering wheel/pedals isn't really a problem they need to figure out - they are more concerned about kill switches, battery locations, identifying the high voltage wires for the battery, etc.

Uh, the F150 is a TRUCK, not a "car".

The most popular car last year (2025) was the Toyota Camry priced between $25-34K

So they should roll-out 10,000 cyber cabs all at once, across the 10 or 20 largest metropolitan areas, to really 'launch' the robotaxi business?

Starting small - 45 cars in one city, similar numbers in a few other cities - seems prudent to me. They've been driving the damn things all over Dallas for a couple months, training the AI I assume, seems like a responsible roll-out to me - keep the numbers small enough that you can have a human operator overseeing a couple cybercabs from a remote facility as you let the public ride in the cabs.

Tesla auto insurance is variable, priced each month based on your driving profile the Tesla shares with the insurer.

FSD costs $100/month, I think it would be hard to save enough money each month to cover the cost of FSD, but I'm sure there are some edge use cases that could workout...

For now, they aren't available for purchase by private citizens.

If the tech proves safe(?), theoretically the cyber can would qualify for cheaper auto insurance than say a Model 3 of similar value, since 100% of miles driven is autonomous.

What's the difference between the front seat and the back seat in a conventional taxi?

The front seat has access to the vehicle controls, the back seat does not.

If you rip out the back seat and also rip out the vehicle controls, then voila! Your front seat in your cyber cab is just like the backseat in a taxi cab with a driver...

Putting a steering wheel in front of taxicab passengers isn't really a great idea.

Wanna bet there's some sort of joystick control hidden behind a paddle for emergency use?

I'm sure there's a 'kill switch'

He picked Austin because he has a gigafactory there where he builds the cyber cabs.

It really wasn't that hard to spot the connection.

It used to be that offering popular EVs got the left all up in his business. Then he got into rockets and despite saving the gov't money, his support became a bit more broadcasted, but once he started using his money to support causes/politicians he liked, the left dropped him like he was hot.

Because EV drivers are so cool they wear sunglasses and that helps read the instrument display...

You are (always) free to add any instrumentation to your car once you purchase it, this ability is not something new nor is it limited to Hyundai vehicles.