Tesla will sell Cybercab to outsiders, $5 rides alone can't pay for the factory
wholemars · x · 2026-09-05
Responding to a claim that Tesla might never sell a Cybercab to consumers, wholemars argues the vehicles will definitely be sold outside the company — Tesla won't keep them all, and sign-ups are already open on the website. The financial logic: $5-per-ride revenue alone can't pay off the Cybercab factory, so external sales are needed to make the economics work.
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