Tesla’s “No Steering Wheel” dream hits a roadblock in Texas

01 January 2026
New sightings of Tesla Cybercab prototypes in Austin show the vehicles still have steering wheels, suggesting Tesla’s robotaxi vision may face major delays.

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traffic from trains of cybercabs required to move more than one or two persons; roads become virtual parking lots for empty circling cybercabs; enforcement of traffic violations for tailgating;

  • Anonymous

Anonymous, 01 Jan 2026These tesla hate hit piece are pure vomit. Just label opinion piece on write ups that are pure... more"Mom, look. Arenaev criticises the lies that Tesla and Elon made. Please do something about it!." Said an eagle american slave to its owner

  • Anonymous

Frici, 01 Jan 2026It is amazing, that since more than a decade they could not afford to employ an industrial des... moreDesign I subjective.
I liked some early Tesla concept designs a lot.
Then Tesla hired chief designer from Mazda and Teslas started to look like Mazdas.
There is even funny video, where guy trolls Tesla owners by asking them if this is the new Mazda :)

  • Jlok

Great, so its is being street tested. A caveat it has steeriing. Looks like another cybercab milestone....wait a roadblock? Well some shitty reporting can be a roadblock too

  • Anonymous

These tesla hate hit piece are pure vomit. Just label opinion piece on write ups that are pure biased opinions

  • Anonymous

No one has permit to test steering free vehicles on road, so they have steering wheel. Its nothing new. Ungh dont tell me arenaev is going to end up a tesla ragebait EV site like elektrek. There is no new "hitting roadblock".

  • Frici

It is amazing, that since more than a decade they could not afford to employ an industrial designer for the interior and exterior.