Tesla is starting production of its Cybercab robotaxi

CEO Elon Musk confirmed the launch on Tesla's Q1 2026 earnings call, though he warned initial output will be slow before ramping late in the year

Tesla $TSLA has begun manufacturing its Cybercab robotaxi at its Giga Texas facility, CEO Elon Musk confirmed during the company's Q1 2026 earnings call and on his social media platform X $TWTR.

On the earnings call, Musk cautioned against high near-term expectations, invoking the classic S-curve pattern of new-product manufacturing. "Whenever you have a new product with a completely new supply chain, new everything, it's always a stretched out S-curve," he said. "You should expect that initial production of Cybercab and Semi will be very slow, but then ramping up and going kind of exponential towards the end of the........

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