Elon Musk Confirms Tesla Cybercab Starts Build in April 2026

When Elon Musk took the stage at Tesla, Inc.’s annual shareholder meeting, he delivered one of his boldest announcements yet: production of the upcoming Tesla Cybercab is slated to begin in April 2026. This is not a small update—it marks the clearest timeline we’ve seen for a vehicle built from the ground up to operate as an autonomous ride-hailing pod.

What stands out most is the design philosophy behind the Cybercab: no steering wheel, no pedals, no side mirrors, optimized entirely for unsupervised driving. According to Musk, it will be built at the company’s Texans factory and be produced via a manufacturing process unlike any traditional auto line—a kind of “unboxed” system he says will resemble a high-speed consumer-electronics line.

Imagine a vehicle engineered to roll off the assembly line every ten seconds, eventually perhaps every five seconds, allowing annual output in the millions. With the Cybercab, Tesla is aiming not simply to build a car, but to build a fleet-ready machine for the future of mobility.

Of course, there are caveats. Tesla still needs to demonstrate that its full-self-driving stack can operate at scale without human supervision. The timeline is ambitious, and Musk has acknowledged that his targets sometimes run ahead of reality. Nonetheless, locking in April 2026 gives the world a clearer target than ever before.

For Tesla fans, industry watchers, and anyone interested in the autonomous-vehicle race, this is a milestone. It signals that Tesla is no longer speaking of driver-assist features alone, but of a purpose-built vehicle for a driverless future.