{"id":228066,"date":"2025-12-30T13:09:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T19:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/tesla-cybercab-is-changing-the-look-of-austins-roads-and-its-not-even-in-production-yet"},"modified":"2025-12-30T13:09:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T19:09:47","slug":"tesla-cybercab-is-changing-the-look-of-austins-roads-and-its-not-even-in-production-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/tesla-cybercab-is-changing-the-look-of-austins-roads-and-its-not-even-in-production-yet","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Cybercab is changing the look of Austin\u2019s roads, and it\u2019s not even in production yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7kUJlMamruE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Even before entering production, Tesla\u2019s Cybercab is already transforming the appearance of Austin\u2019s streets, with multiple prototypes spotted testing in downtown areas recently.<\/p>\n<p>Videos and photos showed the sleek, two-seat autonomous vehicles <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/trending\/2005373415016865882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">navigating traffic<\/a>. Interestingly enough, the vehicles were equipped with temporary steering wheels and human safety drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, enthusiasts captured footage of two Cybercabs driving together in central Austin, their futuristic silhouettes standing out amid regular traffic. While the vehicles featured temporary steering wheels and side mirrors for now, they retained their futuristic, production-intent exterior design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even before entering production, Tesla\u2019s Cybercab is already transforming the appearance of Austin\u2019s streets, with multiple prototypes spotted testing in downtown areas recently. Videos and photos showed the sleek, two-seat autonomous vehicles navigating traffic. Interestingly enough, the vehicles were equipped with temporary steering wheels and human safety drivers. Over the weekend, enthusiasts captured footage of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228066\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}