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First Robotaxi safety report, Cybercab sales to outside buyers by year-end, HW3 question skipped, second Optimus plant in Austin…

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Tesla has published its first Robotaxi safety report. It covers 3.1 million driverless miles from 22 Jan to 18 Oct, with zero injuries, zero airbag deployments and zero collisions with pedestrians or cyclists. By miles disclosed per city, Dallas is the second largest.

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On the Q3 call Tesla also said it will begin selling Cybercabs to outside customers in small numbers at year-end, but owners' own cars will have to wait for V15 in Q2 2027. A shareholder question on HW3 upgrades ranked fifth but was skipped. Construction has started on a second Optimus plant in Austin, which will be larger than Fremont. A good part of the $1.53 billion of Q3 free cash flow came from deferred payments and a release of working capital. California's I-80 has seen a second FSD-related fatal crash within a week.

Key evidence

  • Robotaxi safety page: 3.1 million miles with no safety monitor from 22 Jan to 18 Oct (the live figure is above 3.3 million). By city: Austin 2,118,000, Dallas 608,000, Houston 226,000, Orlando 61,000, Tampa 53,000 and Miami 46,000. Night-time miles were 862,000 and rainy-weather miles 113,000. Injuries, airbag deployments and collisions with pedestrians or cyclists were all zero. Tesla's comparison puts human drivers at 9.1 injury crashes over the same mileage.
  • Four more cities are listed as launching soon: Las Vegas, Jacksonville, Phoenix and San Antonio. Dallas is already the second-largest market, so next month's arrival of Cybercabs there adds vehicles to an existing operation.
  • Lars Moravy (Q3 call): all Cybercabs currently go into Tesla's own fleet, and small-scale sales to customers start before year-end. Musk added that the vast majority will still be run by Tesla itself as a ride-hailing service. Unsupervised FSD on owners' own cars will not arrive until the release of V15 in Q2 2027, and will run only inside Robotaxi operating areas, as vehicles added to the fleet.
  • NHTSA has been reviewing since 3 Sep whether a Cybercab with no steering wheel or pedals complies with FMVSS (review number AQ26002). The outcome directly decides whether it can be legally sold and operated.
  • Electrek's check: the fifth-ranked question on the shareholder question platform (backed by 652,900 shares) asked, given that HW3 cannot support unsupervised driving, when a free upgrade would be announced. Investor relations read out 9 questions, including lower-ranked ones, and skipped only this one. Nobody raised HW3 during the whole meeting. Musk had already conceded in April that HW3 cannot do unsupervised driving.
  • CFO Taneja (Q3 call): the Optimus plant in Austin is under construction and will be able to build far more robots than Fremont. In the capacity table in the Q3 investor materials, California is marked as early ramp and Texas as under construction, and neither carries a capacity figure.
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  • Musk: Tesla must first build 10,000 to 20,000 Optimus units so that the robots can practise on their own (the Optimus training ground), and will start production before the hand is perfect. A demo video of behaviour that is not pre-programmed is due in 1 to 2 months. Commercial deliveries to outside customers are expected around the end of 2027.
  • Electrek's breakdown of the 10-Q: of Q3 operating cash flow of $6.26 billion, working capital contributed $2.59 billion, against net income of only $800 million. Unpaid equipment and construction costs on assets already built and booked stood at $3.67 billion (end-June: $2.63 billion; a year earlier: $1.63 billion). A good part of the headline $1.53 billion of FCF came from deferred payments and a release of working capital.
  • Full-year capex guidance of more than $20 billion requires only about $7 billion in Q4. A cut does not mean spending is slowing.
  • California Highway Patrol: at 2:30am on 22 Oct in Vallejo, a 71-year-old man crossing I-80 was hit and killed by a Tesla, whose driver said FSD was engaged. Dashcam footage shows the car braked and swerved left, and at least one other vehicle then hit the man. This is the second serious FSD-related crash on I-80 within a week (last week a driver fell asleep and hit a police car).
  • Ashok: Tesla is building its own AI-based mapping and navigation architecture to replace reliance on third-party maps.
  • Musk: FSD could win approval across the whole EU in Q1 2027 (it is currently on the route of provisional Dutch certification and mutual recognition by other member states).

Catalysts to watch

  • Cybercabs arrive in Dallas next month, adding vehicles to an operation that has already covered 608,000 driverless miles
  • Small-scale Cybercab sales to outside customers begin before year-end
  • V15 release in Q2 2027, with unsupervised FSD on owners' own cars (limited to Robotaxi operating areas)
  • Outcome of the NHTSA review of Cybercab's FMVSS compliance (AQ26002)
  • Optimus demo video of behaviour that is not pre-programmed, due within 1 to 2 months
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  • Commercial Optimus deliveries to outside customers around the end of 2027
  • EU-wide approval for FSD (targeted for Q1 2027)
  • Announcement of an HW3 upgrade or compensation plan (timing unknown)

Risks

  • An unfavourable FMVSS review for Cybercab would directly affect legal sales and operation
  • The liability from HW3 upgrades and class actions has not been quantified. The Ninth Circuit's decision on 16 Oct to vacate class certification only holds off class claims for now, and the cost of any retrofit or compensation has yet to materialise
  • Optimus capex pressure shifts into 2027, and commercial returns arrive at least a year later than the capacity build
  • Quality of Q3 FCF: a good part of the $1.53 billion of reported FCF came from deferred payments (built but unpaid amounts rose from $2.63 billion at end-June to $3.67 billion). Actual cash burn is higher than the capex reported
  • Serious FSD crashes keep accumulating: two on I-80 within a week, on top of the fatal case in New Jersey
  • Robotaxi reporting basis: an incident counts only if the Robotaxi makes contact first, miles with a safety monitor are excluded and the Bay Area is not included, which narrows comparability

Sources 6

  1. Tesla Robotaxi Safety Page (company website, Ashok's post on X)
  2. Tesla Q3 2026 Earnings Call (Lars Moravy, Taneja, Musk)
  3. Electrek (skipped HW3 shareholder question, breakdown of free cash flow in the 10-Q)
  4. California Highway Patrol (I-80 Vallejo crash, 22 Oct, 02:30)
  5. Tesla Q3 2026 Investor Deck (capacity table)
  6. NHTSA AQ26002 (Cybercab FMVSS review)

A brief is a lead for our research, not a verified conclusion or advice.