6:01 PM Feb 4, 2025 CST Updated 6:01 PM Feb 4, 2025 CST Tesla will launch its cybercab services in Austin in June. (Courtesy Tesla Inc.) Tesla will launch its cybercab services in Austin in June. (Courtesy Tesla Inc.) Tesla Inc. will launch “unsupervised, self-driving” Cybercabs as a paid service in Austin this June, owner Elon Musk announced in a recent stakeholder call. “Teslas will be in the wild,” Musk said during the call Jan. 29. The car and technology company will soon compete with the hoard of autonomous vehicle companies now roaming the Austin streets, such as Waymo. The Google-owned company began offering its driverless robotaxi services via the Uber ride-hailing app this year. The gist This move marks a significant step in Tesla's broader vision for autonomous technology, extending beyond passenger transport. Musk said he envisions autonomous vehicles not only delivering people, but delivering goods and cargo. “I think this is the largest asset value increase in human history,” Musk said. The company has already begun testing its fully self-driving cars at the company’s California factory. The recently assembled cars are autonomously positioning themselves in the correct spot and lane for delivery vehicles to pick up and transport to customers, Musk said, adding that they are doing this "reliably" thousands of times a day. Put in perspective Amid a series of complaints and concerns surrounding autonomous vehicles both locally and nationally, Tesla itself faces a federal investigation assessing the safety of the company's autopilot system and its Full Self-Driving, or FSD, software after several reported fatal collisions. Tesla's Cybercab will be fully autonomous, designed without a steering wheel for passengers. (Rendering courtesy Tesla Inc.) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation in October after four fatalities resulted from Tesla's autonomous navigation systems. In one of the crashes, the Tesla vehicle fatally struck a pedestrian, the NHTSA stated in its preliminary evaluation—the first step before the agency can recall vehicles if it determines they present an unreasonable safety risk. With a “toe in the water” approach, Musk said the company will roll out its robotaxis services slowly to ensure safety. “Safety of the general public and those in the car is our top priority,” Musk said. Tesla’s fourth quarter vehicle safety report shows continued year-over-year improvement, Musk told stakeholders. The safety numbers are much higher for somebody using an unsupervised full self-driving car, he said. Some context