Tesla Cybercab makes its South Korea debut, but no robotaxi service
Tesla's Cybercab, a two-seat robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals, is on show at a Korean mall until Saturday. Tesla Korea says it has no plans to run it.
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The car is at Starfield Anseong in Gyeonggi Province from November 12 to 15, parked alongside the Cybertruck electric pickup. Tesla Korea described the car as a display unit. A company representative said that given the regulatory environment, it knows of no plans for a robotaxi service in the country.
What is the Tesla Cybercab?
It is a vehicle built only to be a driverless taxi, carrying one or two passengers. Tesla first showed it in Los Angeles in October 2024. It is meant to run on unsupervised Full Self-Driving, where nobody has to watch the road, and it uses cameras alone to read its surroundings, with no lidar or radar.
The specs: curb weight of 1,412 kg, peak output of 163 kW (219 hp), and up to 673 km of city range on one charge by US EPA certification. The wheels are mismatched, 18 inches at the front and 21 at the back. Foreign media read that as small front wheels for steering angle and big rear ones for ride comfort and tire life.
Where is the Cybercab already running?
Production started in February at Tesla's Austin, Texas factory, and rides in Texas began in September. Tesla has also shown the car in Shanghai and Beijing. Elon Musk has said Cybertruck output at the Texas Gigafactory will be wound down in stages to free up space for the Cybercab.
Korea is a different story. Tesla Korea filed trademarks for "TESLA ROBOTAX" and "RoboTAXI" with the Korean patent office on October 15, which hints at interest even without a service plan. Meanwhile Waymo of the US and China's Pony.ai are preparing Level 4 robotaxis for the Korean market. Level 4 means the car drives itself fully within set conditions.
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