Musk replies to German rider: "Hopefully soon in Europe too"
After a German rider posted about completing a Cybercab ride in Austin, Elon Musk replied "Hopefully soon in Europe too" — the first public hint that Tesla's driverless robotaxi could expand to Europe, though no city, date, or approval path was named.
On September 8, a German rider who had just taken a Cybercab ride in Austin posted about the experience on X, and Elon Musk replied directly: "Hopefully soon in Europe too." It's the first time Musk has publicly floated Europe as a possible next market for the driverless robotaxi.
But what Musk offered was only a hope, not a plan — no city, launch date, or regulatory pathway was mentioned. On an earlier earnings call, Musk said that even supervised FSD approval took an "immense amount of time" to clear, and that unsupervised robotaxi service in Europe would be "somewhat at the mercy of the governments in Europe and the EU."
The timing is notable: just a day earlier, on September 7, Slovenia approved Tesla's supervised FSD, becoming the sixth European country to do so, with an EU-wide approval vote still pending. That said, driver-supervised FSD clearance is a separate matter from approving a steering-wheel-free robotaxi like Cybercab to operate on European roads.
For now, Cybercab remains an Austin-only service, and a European launch stays firmly in the hope-not-plan stage — the gap between Musk's wish and reality will be decided by regulators, not engineering.
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