Tesla’s Robotaxi account on X posted Monday evening that riders who take trips through August 23 will be entered for a chance to attend the company’s Cybercab launch event, telling followers that “More rides = better odds.”
Rides need to be completed before 11:59pm on August 23, and Tesla says winners will be announced by 9am on August 25. The post carried two photos, one showing a red Model Y robotaxi and the other a gold Cybercab.
What Tesla left out is nearly as interesting as what it included, because there is no date for the launch event, no location, and no word on which markets qualify. Replies filled up within minutes with riders asking whether trips taken earlier in the month count, whether winners get notified through the Tesla app or by email, and whether anyone outside the current service areas can enter. None of those had answers at the time of writing.
This is the first time Tesla has publicly referred to a Cybercab launch event, and it arrives the same day The Information reported that the company told staff it is preparing a public Cybercab launch in Austin as soon as this month, with an internal target of the end of August.
Notifying winners by August 25 would leave the final week of the month for the event itself, which fits that reported timeline, though Tesla hasn’t confirmed any connection between the two.
The Cybercab is Tesla’s two-seat purpose-built robotaxi, built without a steering wheel or brake pedal. It has been testing on public roads since June but has never carried riders on the commercial network, which still runs on Model Y vehicles across Austin, Dallas, Houston and newer markets like Miami.
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