Tesla’s upcoming steering and pedaless two-seater Robotaxi, the Cybercab, has had its bonnet internals spotted for the first time.
A gold Cybercab was spotted parked in a garage with glass panels in Chicago when it was videoed by Trent on X and shared with the caption: “First Look under the hood of Tesla Cybercab,”.
In the video, the Cybercab had its bonnet lifted by a makeshift holder with some key components spotted, showcasing what’s underneath Tesla’s engineering evaluation car.
It reveals the location of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, washer fluid reservoir, steering motors for autonomous operation, full-self-driving (FSD) computer, low voltage battery, lithium-ion battery and more.
Tesla first showed the Cybercab at the company’s “We, Robot” event in late 2024.
Hundreds of demos with the Cybercab and Model Y Robotaxis were held at the event on closed roads at Warner Bros. studios in California.
Following that, plenty of sightings of the golden model have been made, with most either at Tesla’s test track near Fremont California, on the roads, at Tesla showrooms in the US and even Europe.
That was part of a 6-city tour in Europe, covering Paris, London, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo and Amsterdam.
The Cybercab is expected to cost around $A45,000 for a self-driving robotaxi with a good amount of space in the rear and a reduction in parts on the inside, compared to its other passenger car products.
Image: Tesali via X
Previously, a lead Tesla engineer said that the company’s upcoming Robotaxi, the Cybercab, is expected to have 50% fewer parts than Tesla’s Model 3 electric sedan.
This cost factor will help the company scale much quicker than the very specialised vehicles used by its autonomous driving competitors like Waymo in the US.
Production of the unique two-seater vehicle is expected to start in April 2026 and was confirmed at Tesla’s Q4 shareholders meeting this week.
With even fewer parts as seen in the latest sighting under the bonnet, the new model will be one of the most innovative products from the company to date.
Riz is the founder of carloop based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first 7 years of his career building transport infrastructure before starting carloop. He has a passion for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.
