Tesla is inviting select customers to buy a Cybercab for personal use. The company’s Robotaxi account posted the invitation on 13 November 2026, along with a screenshot of the order page.

The page lists a purchase price of $29,990 and an Autonomy Subscription at $299 a month. Estimated delivery is December 2026, and delivery is shown in Austin, Texas.

“Select customers are now being invited to purchase Cybercab for personal use,” Tesla said in the post from its Robotaxi account. The car has no steering wheel and no pedals.

What Tesla’s order page lists for the Cybercab

The screenshot shows the gold Cybercab from Tesla’s render, an estimated purchase price of $29,990 excluding taxes, and the Autonomy Subscription checked at $299 a month.

“One month included with purchase. Subscription and regular vehicle maintenance required to operate,” the page said. The fee excludes taxes and is billed separately each month until canceled.

The order summary breaks out the estimated purchase price, the $299-a-month subscription with one month included, and $1,000 due today, listed as a non-refundable order deposit.

Buyers agree to the Cybercab Order Agreement, Terms of Use, Autonomy Subscription Agreement, and Privacy Notice when placing the order, according to the line printed below the deposit.

Electrek said the subscription arrives pre-checked in the configurator. The invitation email tells recipients the car is “Only available in supported service areas. Subscription required for operation.”

The Verge said the same email tells recipients that “Initial availability is limited.”

The post did not say how many invitations went out or how recipients were chosen. The order page is reached by invitation rather than opened to all buyers.

The two-seat Cybercab has a 21-inch touchscreen and 20.1 cubic feet of cargo space. Electrek put the five-year cost of the car plus the subscription at about $47,600, before other costs.

The subscription is required for operation, according to the order page, so the fee continues for as long as the owner uses the car. One month is included with the purchase, and the rest is billed each month until canceled.

Where the Cybercab can drive and where delivery is shown

The Cybercab has no steering wheel, no gas pedal, and no brake pedal. It is designed to be fully autonomous, and it will not work without the subscription, Engadget said in its report on the orders.

Personal-use Cybercabs will still only work inside Tesla’s geofenced Robotaxi service areas, according to Engadget.

“It’ll work unsupervised inside all the same geo locations as Robotaxi, just serving the owners’ needs,” said Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s AI lead.

According to Engadget, Tesla’s Robotaxi service currently runs in limited parts of Miami, Orlando, and Tampa in Florida, and Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio in Texas.

Austin is one of those cities, which matches the geofence requirement for a privately owned car. Tesla’s order screenshot lists Austin for delivery.

Marques Brownlee said buyers “must accept delivery” in one of a handful of Texas cities, and that the car will only operate in certain geofenced areas, TechCrunch said.

That points to more than one delivery city, so the Austin listed on the order screenshot is one example rather than the only option.

Replying to Brownlee, Elon Musk said the Cybercab “will be available nationwide, as we receive regulatory approval.” He gave no timing for that expansion.

Tesla’s robotaxi plans have been covered in earlier Make Tech Easier reporting, as have rival plans such as Lyft’s driver-free robotaxis.

Commercial use limits, the monthly fee, and a federal audit

The order terms “explicitly prohibit owners from using the vehicle for commercial purposes,” The Verge said in its reading of the fine print, “meaning no Uber, no DoorDash, and no putting it on Tesla’s own Robotaxi network.”

On those terms, as The Verge describes them, a privately bought Cybercab cannot be used to earn money for its owner and cannot be added to the Robotaxi network.

Elluswamy has floated the second quarter of 2027 as a possible target for letting customer cars join the network, according to The Verge. That is a possible later step, not a present option.

The Verge also read the terms as letting Tesla raise the fee with 30 days’ warning. Tesla says the subscription covers autonomous driving, maintenance, and towing, and excludes auto insurance, The Verge added.

Musk said the monthly fee is “too high.” It “should match the cost of Tesla [Full Self-Driving] and connectivity for other models, which is more like ~$115/month,” he said, per TechCrunch.

That was a comment, not a price change. Tesla’s order page still lists the Autonomy Subscription at $299 a month, with one month included in the purchase.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an audit query shortly after the Cybercab entered commercial service as a robotaxi, Engadget said. Electrek reported that Tesla answered on 30 October and asked for the entire response to be kept confidential, and that NHTSA has not ruled.

“The vehicles lack permanently attached, conventional manual controls, such as a brake pedal, gas pedal, steering wheel and mirrors,” the agency said, as quoted by Engadget.

“NHTSA is opening this [audit query] to examine the process and technical data on which Tesla relied when certifying the Cybercab and related issues,” the agency said, as quoted by Engadget.

Engadget said it remains to be seen whether personal-use orders can actually make their way to buyers. The December 2026 window on the order page is an estimate, not a promise, the $1,000 deposit is non-refundable, and the NHTSA review is still open.