CYBERCAB Where Tesla stands
One live federal action, and a state picture that is patchy rather than settled. The reason is structural: a vehicle with no steering wheel is not a shape the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards were written around.
| Where | What is happening |
|---|---|
| United States, federal | NHTSA opened Audit Query AQ26002 on 3 September 2026, the day commercial Cybercab service began in Austin, examining the basis on which Tesla self-certified a vehicle with no pedals, no steering wheel and no mirrors. Answers were due 30 October. |
| Texas | Permits under SB 2807. Registrations are public, which makes Texas the only state where a fleet can be counted independently of the operator. |
| California | No driverless permit. Tesla holds a charter-party permit covering a human-driven service and a testing permit that requires a driver present. The Bay Area service runs with a safety monitor aboard, and the CPUC said in March 2026 that Tesla is not operating an autonomous vehicle service. |
| Nevada and Arizona | Approved or permitted, not yet carrying Cybercab passengers. |
| Florida | Three markets operating with no state-specific permit found in any source, which is itself worth knowing. |
Why this page is short
The full field — including the other route a vehicle like this can take, the Part 555 exemption NHTSA granted for a purpose-built robotaxi — is maintained with sources at driverlessmap.com/regulations. Keeping the sourced version in one place means these two pages cannot disagree with each other.