EVwire brief: Tesla is sending a rider experience survey to Cybercab passengers, asking them to rate their rides and pick up to three features they would most like added to the Robotaxi. The options include heated seats, ventilated seats, fully reclining seats, a tray table, a wireless phone charger, a better sound system, and more storage.
Sawyer Merritt shared the survey on X:
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Some of the options directly address feedback that riders have already been posting. Tesla owner Owen Sparks, who has taken multiple Cybercab rides, noted that there is no good place to put your phone in the vehicle. That is a real pain point because passengers interact with the app frequently during rides to change music or edit their destination. Sparks said the cup holder works in a pinch, but the phone slides around on turns.
Considering the nature of the rider survey, Tesla is evidently aggregating feedback from riders to further refine the Cybercab. It would then not be surprising if the Cybercab gets dedicated phone holders or wireless chargers, such as the Model 3 and Model Y, in the near future.
Here’s Kiim Java’s video of her and Sparks’ Cybercab ride. The section about the Robotaxi’s lack of phone holders happens around 13:00.
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Context:
Tesla's Cybercab launched on September 3 in Austin, Texas, as a purpose-built, two-seat robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals. Passengers request rides through the Robotaxi app. The vehicle features butterfly doors that open automatically, motorized seats with touchscreen-adjustable recline, and a dashboard running on Unreal Engine. As per recent sightings from passengers of the vehicle, Tesla employees seemingly use a virtual joystick on the touchscreen to manually reposition the Cybercab when needed.
More from EVwire's Cybercab launch coverage:
Cybercab public rides start 4th September across the full Texas geofence, as Tesla's unsupervised robotaxi fleet crosses 1 million cumulative miles driven without a human behind the wheel.
The Cybercab motor uses zero rare earth metals, with a drive unit that is 18% smaller and 25% lighter than competing designs. A hairpin stator hits 70% slot fill factor, and ferrite magnets in a Halbach array replace neodymium.
The Cybercab Rider Guide covers butterfly doors that open automatically via phone detection, motorized seatbelts with haptic feedback, and an emergency stop button between the dome lights.
Tesla has also gone live with a page where interested customers can order the Cybercab.
Everything we know about the Cybercab: full specs, dimensions, cabin details, engineering breakdown, and safety features in one place.
Source: Sawyer Merritt and Owen Sparks on X, Kim Java on YouTube
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