EVwire brief: Munro Live has published a nearly 90-minute deep dive into Tesla's Cybercab, touring the robotaxi's production line in Texas with Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy and members of Tesla's engineering and manufacturing teams.
The video walks through how Tesla's unboxed process splits the Cybercab into front, rear, side and center modules that are built and tested separately before being joined on a short final line. It also covers the robotaxi's battery pack, drive unit, heat pump and body panels.
Here are some of the video’s highlights:
Final assembly takes 25 fully automated stations, which Tesla's team estimated is a fifth to a tenth of what a Model Y needs. The full line is about 78% automated.
The unboxed layout uses about 50% less floor space per unit produced. The front module holds roughly half of the car's parts.
There is no paint shop. Only the side modules are e-coated, and the exterior plastic panels get their color in the mold.
The battery is an 88S6P pack of 4680 cells in a steel enclosure, a first for Tesla. Each module is potted separately, so a single faulty module can be replaced instead of the whole pack.
The front-wheel-drive unit uses an 11:1 gear ratio, compared with about 9:1 on most other Teslas, as the Cybercab doesn't need a high top speed.
Tesla says the Cybercab is built to last at least 500,000 miles (805,000 km).
Tesla's team also said the Cybercab line can currently build cars faster than the company is deploying them:
"We don't run every day because the line can run so fast. It's currently outpacing our deployments. So, it's a bit of a race right now. Who's going to go faster? Right now the, you know, the manufacturing lines ahead."
Here's Munro Live's full Cybercab deep dive:
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Context:
The deep dive comes as Tesla's Cybercab fleet grows quickly in Texas. Tesla's Cybercab registrations in the state reached 465 over the weekend, with the robotaxis out in force during Austin's F1 weekend. Tesla previously shared a first look at the Cybercab's unboxed manufacturing process in September.
Tesla is also preparing to take the Cybercab beyond Austin. During its Q3 2026 earnings call, Tesla said Cybercab rides would launch in Dallas next month, and that it is trying to deliver Cybercabs to customers by the end of 2026. This means that the production line in Munro's video is already building for a much larger rollout.
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Source: Munro Live on YouTube
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