Tesla chief designer Franz von Holzhausen appeared in a video with Jay Leno on the latest episode of "Jay Leno's Garage" to announce that Cybercab offerings will begin in Austin, Texas, this summer. 

In the video, Leno asked Holzhausen: "Well, Tesla's Robo taxi is supposed to start pretty soon?" 

Holzhausen responded: "Yeah, Cybercabs is like Lars [Tesla VP for Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy] was saying... We're testing in Texas and rolling it out in June." 

"I think that's going to be what we're talking about. That'll be the technology that feels like the future, but it's happening today," Holzhausen said. 

Moravy chimed in: "Every Tesla comes fully capable with that..." 

There was no further explanation from the Tesla executives in their conversation with Leno regarding the scale of the Cybercab offerings in Austin or whether additional cities are expected to come online in the coming months. 

Meanwhile, the electric vehicle market has lost momentum (read: here & here), with Tesla reporting the first-ever drop in annual deliveries. In its latest earnings call, Tesla reported that fourth-quarter results missed Wall Street's expectations, and its 2025 outlook was revised downward.

Tesla may be eager to get that AI multiple to sustain the one trillion dollar valuation club.

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