Cybercab ownership: plan the operation before you buy the car.
You cannot order a Cybercab yet. Tesla has no order page, no published price and no delivery date. What you can do now is plan everything around the car: where it charges, who cleans it, who insures it, what it costs to run, and who answers when it gets stuck. The planner below builds that plan for your fleet size and city in about two minutes. You do not need to give us an email to see it.
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DockDuty sells depot stalls and the work around them: parking, charging, cleaning, inspections, dispatch coordination and incident response, plus an owner dashboard. We do not sell Cybercabs, financing, a course, or a place in Tesla’s line. Every fee is on our pricing page.
DockDuty is pre-launch. Orlando is our lead market, with its depot targeted for Q4 2026. No DockDuty depot is operating, no depot lease is signed, and no client vehicle is earning. The owner software, the reservation system and the published owner agreement are live.
Cybercab ownership planner
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Jeremy HechtChief Strategy Officer
David HechtChief Executive Officer
Darius HurstChief Development Officer
37 N Orange Ave, Ste 222 #3069 · Orlando, FL 32801 · USA
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What has Tesla confirmed about Cybercab ownership?
Production, yes. A price, an order page and terms for privately owned cars, no. Tesla builds Cybercabs and carries riders in its own Austin fleet, but it has not opened ordering, published a price or said how a car you own would join its network.
| Question | Where it stands |
|---|---|
| Price | Under $30,000 is a target, not a price: Elon Musk’s figure from the October 2024 unveil, repeated in February 2026. Tesla has never published a price. Price and order status |
| Production | Started at Giga Texas on February 17, 2026. Tesla has not disclosed a build rate. |
| Ordering | No order page, reservation or waitlist. Tesla’s fleet interest form, opened September 3, 2026, is a form, not a place in line. Any deposit list that isn’t Tesla’s is someone else’s list. |
| Deliveries | No date. On July 22, 2026 Tesla said it no longer expects volume production in 2026. Delivery timing |
| Rides | Public Cybercab rides began September 4, 2026, in Tesla’s own Austin fleet. Those are Tesla’s cars, not owners’. |
| Owner terms | Not published: no eligibility rules, revenue split or insurance requirements for privately owned cars on Tesla’s network. Owner program tracker |
| Federal review | NHTSA is auditing how Tesla self-certified the Cybercab to federal safety standards. Tesla’s response is due October 30, 2026. |
| Charging | DC fast charging only, through a hidden NACS port. The Cybercabs seen so far have no onboard AC charger. Why a wall connector won’t work |
What does owning a Cybercab actually involve?
The car drives itself. Everything around it still needs a place or a person: charging, cleaning, parking between rides, insurance, repairs, and someone who answers when it gets stuck.
A Cybercab has no driver to notice a spilled drink, top up the charge or call a tow truck. Those jobs move to the owner, or to whoever the owner hires. Here is each one, and where we go deeper.
Buying the car
Only Tesla sells it, and only through its own channel when ordering opens. Today that channel is a fleet interest form. There is no Cybercab loan product yet either. Can you buy one yet? · How to finance one
Getting it on a ride network
A Cybercab earns by carrying riders on a network, and Tesla has not published the rules or its cut for owner cars. Plan as if both are unknown, because they are. Owner program tracker · What cut Tesla takes
Charging
DC fast charging only, so a home garage will not do. Someone has to get the car to a fast charger and back into service, every day. How robotaxis charge
Parking between rides
A robotaxi needs somewhere to wait, charge and reset when demand drops, and a driveway is rarely it. That place is a depot. What a Cybercab depot does · Where to park and charge
Cleaning and inspections
Riders leave things behind and make messes, and nobody in the car notices. A fleet needs a cleaning and inspection routine between rides, and a person who runs it. What fleet management covers
Incidents, repairs and downtime
Flat tires, body damage, a car stuck on a closed street. Every day off the road is a day with no fares and the same fixed costs. When a Cybercab gets stuck · Maintenance costs
Insurance
Each car needs commercial autonomous-vehicle coverage, which is the owner’s policy, quoted per car. A depot’s own coverage protects the facility, not your car on the road. Who insures what
The entity, taxes and the law
Whose name is on the title decides who is liable, and state driverless laws differ. Settle the entity before you buy, with an attorney. Should it sit in an LLC? · Tax deductions · Laws by state
What does it cost to own a Cybercab?
Nobody can give you a full answer yet, including us, because no privately owned Cybercab has a year of real numbers. What you can do is list every cost line, find out what is known about each, and test the plan against a bad month as well as a good one.
| Cost line | What is known |
|---|---|
| The car | A target of under $30,000. No list price, no taxes or fees published. |
| Financing | No Cybercab loan product exists yet. What exists today |
| Network share | Tesla has not published its cut for owner cars. The one number on record |
| Charging energy | Priced at DC fast-charging rates, not home electricity rates. |
| Insurance | A commercial autonomous-vehicle policy, quoted per car. Insurance cost |
| Cleaning, tires and repairs | Per-ride and per-mile costs that grow with use. Maintenance costs |
| Depot and operations | DockDuty publishes every fee: a monthly stall retainer plus a service fee. Pricing |
| Downtime | Days the car cannot earn: repairs, recalls, software holds, slow demand. Unknown until cars run. |
Three numbers people mix up
- Gross fares: what riders pay. It says nothing about what an owner keeps.
- Net operating income: gross fares minus the network’s share, charging, insurance, cleaning, repairs and the depot.
- Cash flow: net operating income minus any loan payment. This is what actually reaches your bank account.
Ask anyone who shows you a Cybercab projection, us included, which of the three they are showing and what they assumed for rides per day. A projection that only shows gross fares is not a plan.
Model it with your own assumptions
The free Cybercab earnings calculator takes fleet size, utilization, financing, insurance and Tesla’s possible share, and shows the full fee math. It will show you a bad projection as readily as a good one.
Open the Cybercab calculatorWhere should you go next?
It depends on who you are. Pick the line that fits.
Learning how it works
Start with how ownership is structured, then the honest investment case.
How to own a Cybercab as a fleet vehicle · Is it a good investment? · Glossary
Planning one to three cars
Run your numbers, then decide where the car will live between rides.
Earnings calculator · How the depot works · Five things before you order
Planning a fleet of four or more
At fleet size, operations decide the economics: charging capacity, cleaning staff, incident cover.
Fleet management · How to vet a depot company · Owner demand by metro
Running a fleet company
For taxi, livery, rideshare and mobility operators planning vehicles across markets.
Offering land, power or charging
Depots need space, power and access. If you have a site, we want to see it.
Cybercab ownership questions
What should you do before Tesla opens Cybercab ordering?
Everything except buying the car. As of October 8, 2026 Tesla has no Cybercab order page, price or delivery date. You can register on Tesla’s own fleet interest form, get commercial insurance quotes, settle which entity will own the car, line up financing, and decide where it will park and charge between rides. The planner above puts those steps in order for your fleet size and metro.
How much does it cost to own a Cybercab?
Tesla’s target for the car is under $30,000, but it has not published a price. On top of the car come financing, the network’s share, charging, insurance, cleaning, repairs, a depot and downtime. Tesla has published neither its share nor any owner terms, so any total you see today is a projection.
Can I charge a Cybercab at home?
Not on a home wall connector. The Cybercabs seen so far charge only on DC fast chargers, through a hidden NACS port, and have no onboard AC charger.
Do I need an LLC to own a Cybercab?
Tesla has not published any entity requirement for owner cars. Whose name is on the title decides who is liable, and in Florida a vehicle’s owner can be liable for harm caused by anyone operating it with permission. That is a question for a Florida attorney before you buy, not after. We are not a law firm and this is not legal advice. Should you put your Cybercab in an LLC?
Who manages a privately owned Cybercab?
Either the owner, or a company the owner hires. The jobs are charging, cleaning, parking, inspections, dispatch coordination and incident response. A depot company like DockDuty does them for a monthly fee. Who manages a privately owned Cybercab
Is the planner financial advice?
No. It turns your answers into a checklist with simple, visible rules. It does not judge whether you can afford a Cybercab, whether one is a good investment, or whether Tesla will sell you one.
Is DockDuty affiliated with Tesla?
No. DockDuty is an independent company. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or partnered with Tesla, Inc.; “Tesla” and “Cybercab” are trademarks of Tesla, Inc., used here for descriptive reference only. Tesla and Cybercab are trademarks of Tesla, Inc., used for descriptive reference only. DockDuty holds no Tesla vehicle allocation and cannot get you a car.
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Sources
Most Tesla facts on this page summarize DockDuty’s dated tracker pages linked in the table above, which carry their own full source lists. The federal-review line comes from the Drive Tesla Canada report below. Each source below was opened on October 8, 2026. Tesla’s interest form is cited from its Internet Archive capture because tesla.com refuses automated requests.
- Tesla, “Help Us Build Our Robotaxi Network”, tesla.com/robotaxi/interest, as captured by the Internet Archive on September 26, 2026.
- Not a Tesla App, You Can Now Let Tesla Know You Want to Buy a Cybercab, September 10, 2026.
- Not a Tesla App, Tesla Cybercab Doesn’t Support AC Charging, September 5, 2026.
- Drive Tesla Canada, Tesla gets more time to respond to NHTSA Cybercab audit, October 8, 2026.