Tesla begins offering Cybercab robotaxi rides in Texas

Tesla has started something new in Texas: paid rides in the Cybercab, the company's robotaxi with no steering wheel and no pedals.

The car is designed to drive passengers around without a driver behind the wheel, because there is no wheel at all.

Tesla has received permission to put 314 vehicles into service for these rides. But so far, the vast majority are ordinary Model Y cars. Only 45 of them are the new Cybercabs.

Does it matter for your daily life right now? Not really, unless you live in Texas and come across one of the few Cybercabs on the street.

It is, however, a sign that robotaxi technology is moving from testing to real operation. If you follow the development, privately or in a company looking at self-driving transport, it is worth watching whether the fleet grows in the coming months. If it does, the question shifts from 'if' to 'when' this kind of thing becomes common.