Tesla Cybercab Spotted With Steering Wheels in Latest Giga Texas Tests

Tesla is intensifying Cybercab trials at its Giga Texas facility, according to recent construction updates and compelling drone footage. Observers reported multiple vehicles in constant motion, each featuring a steering wheel and human operator. The tests have sparked speculation that the platform may underpin Tesla’s future mass-market vehicle plans further.

Photographs of the recently revealed Cybercab testing at the site were given by Joe Tegtmeyer, an observer for Giga Texas and a drone pilot, in posts on X and in a video that was released on Monday as part of an update on the building project.

It is interesting to note that the photographs clearly demonstrate that the vehicle is equipped with a steering wheel and a human operator. This adds fuel to the ongoing hypothesis that the Cybercab platform may be connected to the company’s intentions to develop a mass-market car that is more affordable for consumers.

According to Tegtmeyer, it was difficult to get an accurate count of the number of Cybercabs that he was observing because they were continuously touring the manufacturing facility. He claims that there were instances when he saw at least three of them at the same time, but he guesses that there were considerably more than five of them and possibly even a few more.

There are a few screenshots from the flight that can be found below, and you can also watch Tegtmeyer’s complete Monday report from Giga Texas underneath that.

Despite the fact that this is the biggest volume of vehicles that we have seen at the facility so far, it appears that Tesla has also been increasing the amount of Cybercab testing that has been taking place at Giga, Texas, since its introduction.

For the first time, a single Cybercab was observed conducting tests in the vicinity of Gigafactory Texas in November. This was just a few weeks after the vehicle was shown to the public at Tesla’s “We, Robot” event in Los Angeles on October 10, Teslarati shares.

In a few of those films, there was also a Model 3 that was following the Cybercab, as well as a Model Y that was outfitted with a Lidar. It is likely that both of these vehicles were used to validate tests on the Cybercab. On the other hand, these were not observed in the testing that Tegtmeyer conducted earlier.

A report that was published in December claimed that Tesla will also implement some form of teleoperation methods when it first began rolling out the Cybercab’s autonomous robotaxi services, at least initially, for the purposes of safety and redundancy.

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