{"id":977071,"date":"2026-08-03T04:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T04:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/977071\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T04:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T04:00:45","slug":"what-to-know-about-teslas-gold-cybercabs-in-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/977071\/","title":{"rendered":"What to know about Tesla’s gold Cybercabs in Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"

In April, Tesla\u2019s\u00a0autonomous vehicle<\/a> service launched in Dallas, officially marking North Texas\u2019 first spot on the robotaxi\u2019s list.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to a third party website called Robotaxi Tracker<\/a>, Tesla currently covers 31 square miles of Dallas, 17 miles less than Waymo.<\/p>\n

Dallasites have been spotting the new cars throughout the city and have asked, \u201cWhat are these gold Teslas?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Known as a Cybercab, the autonomous vehicle is another effort by the company to \u201cradically change transportation as we know it,\u201d said senior design executive Franz von Holzhausen in a first look video<\/a>. The commercial cabs are being tested and mapped throughout the city and will operate under Tesla\u2019s\u00a0Robotaxi ridehailing app.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A fleet of Tesla Model Y vehicles serves the city on the Robotaxi app. If a Dallasite orders a ride, they will not yet receive one of the gold cars. This fleet operates in parts of the following neighborhoods:<\/p>\n

Prices vary depending on time and location and are subject to change, according to the company\u2019s\u00a0website<\/a>. The hours of operation for Robotaxi in Dallas are 6 a.m. to 2 a.m.<\/p>\n

The Cybercab, which is still being developed, features no steering wheel, rearview windows or back windshield, and is intentionally designed to seat one to two passengers. According to a 2024\u00a0study<\/a> about ride-hail party sizes, 83% of rides consisted of one to two passengers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Seen as an alternative to public transportation, Tesla\u2019s Cybercabs<\/a> are seeking to be a solution for different types of commuters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt allows people who don\u2019t necessarily have access to public transportation to get from A to B, to go to places they maybe couldn\u2019t afford or where transportation wouldn\u2019t take them,\u201d von Holzhausen said in the video.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The distinct color allows the public to distinguish between a privately owned vehicle and the autonomous vehicle. The color was chosen to reflect a futuristic version of the iconic yellow cabs in New York City.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In April, Tesla\u2019s\u00a0autonomous vehicle service launched in Dallas, officially marking North Texas\u2019 first spot on the robotaxi\u2019s list.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":977072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,6228,358,325799,324473,290169,324685,522,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-977071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-america","tag-dallas","tag-service","tag-texas","tag-tp-downtown-dallas","tag-tp-transportation","tag-tp-dallas","tag-tp-uptown-dallas","tag-transportation","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117029583620570759","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=977071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/977072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=977071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=977071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=977071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}