3:11 PM PST · November 6, 2025 Tesla will begin producing the Cybercab, an autonomous electric vehicle with no pedals or steering wheel, this April at its factory in Austin, Texas, CEO Elon Musk said during the company’s shareholder meeting Thursday. His comments on Cybercab came just moments after shareholders overwhelmingly approved a compensation package for Musk that could be worth as much as $1 trillion in company shares — the largest in corporate history. “We’ve got the first car that is specifically built for unsupervised, full self-driving to be a robotaxi called a Cybercab — it doesn’t even have pedals or steering wheel,” Musk said, adding there will be no side mirrors either. “It’s very much optimized for the lowest cost-per-mile in an autonomous mode and production is happening right here in this factory, and we’ll be starting production in April next year.” Tesla has yet to demonstrate that its cars are capable of driving themselves at scale without a safety monitor, despite years of promises. Musk’s comments seem to conflict with Tesla chairwoman Robyn Denholm, who recently told Bloomberg the Cybercab would include a steering wheel and pedals as a backup plan. Tesla once planned to make a version of the Cybercab with a wheel and pedals, but Musk killed the idea and opted instead to make very stripped-down versions of its cheapest cars. Musk went on to tout how the Cybercab would be produced, claiming the manufacturing line would have a 10-second cycle time — a massive acceleration from the one-minute cycle time to assemble a Model Y. Musk said this could mean producing 2 million to 3 million Cybercabs in a year. “So these will be everywhere in the future,” he said. Techcrunch event