On Tesla's Q3 earnings call, executives said Cybercab would be delivered to customers by the end of 2026, within about two months. In the same call, Tesla said unsupervised FSD would reach customer cars in the middle of next year, or Q2 2027. Since Cybercab is designed without a steering wheel or pedals, Electrek notes that creates a window in which the vehicle could not be driven manually and would not yet have the software needed to drive itself.
Tesla also said Cybercabs built in Texas would initially go to its internal robotaxi fleet, and that customer deliveries would start small. Musk added that Cybercabs would mostly be Tesla-owned transport-as-a-service vehicles, which Electrek says appears to contradict Tesla's earlier call for Cybercab fleet buyers. One possible reading, mentioned in the article's comments, is that "customers" really means fleet operators rather than individual buyers.
Tesla's existing robotaxi service remains limited to small parts of six cities in two states, despite past predictions that it would cover half the US population by the end of last year. Even if Cybercab buyers could use the same software area, Tesla said it will not give customers access to that software until Q2 2027. Electrek's conclusion is that, under the company's own timelines, Tesla is planning to sell a vehicle that nobody can use for roughly six months—or the timelines are not reliable.