Tesla has posted the "Cybercab Autonomy Subscription Agreement" that buyers of the $29,990 two-seater must accept, and it states plainly that the car will not run without a $299 monthly subscription Tesla can reprice, Electrek reported, in an account that aligns with Teslarati's reading of the fine print. The agreement, version 20261112, went up on Tesla's configurator late Friday, hours after the company began inviting select customers to order. The key line, Electrek quoted, is short: "Your Cybercab will not operate without an active Autonomy Subscription." There is no steering wheel and no pedals, so if the subscription lapses the vehicle cannot be driven in the ordinary sense.
The terms go further. Tesla can change the subscription price with one month's notice. The Cybercab may be used only inside Tesla-enabled Robotaxi geofences; driving outside them is prohibited and can be technically blocked, and Tesla "may expand, reduce, relocate, or otherwise modify the operating area at any time." Tesla can suspend or cancel the subscription for "unauthorized or inappropriate use." Three or more "strikeouts" for improper or unsafe use trigger a one-week suspension of autonomous driving, during which the car may not operate, and the payment is not prorated. Tesla can remotely access, locate, restrict or control the car, place it in a "safe state," or end access, and the agreement says those actions do not give the owner remedies beyond what the terms already provide. The company collects "Autonomy Data," including images from a cabin camera above the rear-view mirror, kept for 30 days by default.
Use is personal only. An owner may not put the Cybercab on Tesla's Robotaxi network, Uber, a delivery app or a rental platform without Tesla's written authorization. Wraps, window tint and wheel changes are barred except through Tesla or an authorized provider, or the subscription can be suspended. Electrek noted that the personal-use clause undercuts a long-running pitch that owners would add their cars to a robotaxi fleet and earn money while they slept. Over five years, the publication tallied the $29,990 purchase plus 59 paid months of subscription at $47,631, before insurance, registration, charging and taxes. Mark Valorian, who reviewed the terms on X, called it "an endless variable-rate lease with a ridiculous down payment," a characterization Electrek said was about right.
The same report stressed a comparison Tesla itself has drawn: the Cybercab launches on the same AI4 computer as the current Model Y, and Tesla AI chief Ashok Elluswamy said on the company's third-quarter earnings call that Cybercabs and Model Y robotaxis already run the same software, with customer cars possibly joining a network around the second quarter of 2027. The verified document is the posted agreement, not a change to Full Self-Driving on cars already sold, and not a promise that the monthly fee will stay at $299.
