Only selected customers will be able to purchase. It doesn't have a steering wheel or pedals, it doesn't work without a subscription.

Electric vehicle giant Tesla is offering its driverless vehicle Cybercab, which has no steering wheel or pedals, for sale.

In its post on its Robotaxi X account, the company announced that it initially sent order invitations for personal use only to selected customers.

The gold two-seater will be Tesla's cheapest car to date, priced at $29,990, $7,000 less than the Model 3.

According to the order page image shared by the company, deliveries of the vehicle, which will be produced in limited numbers in the first phase, may start next month.

IT DOES NOT WORK WITHOUT SUBSCRIBE, IT DOES NOT GO EVERYWHERE

Purchasing the vehicle alone is not enough to hit the road.

According to the Wall Street Journal newspaper, in order for Cybercab to work, users must buy a monthly autonomous driving subscription of $ 299.

This subscription, whose first month is free, means an additional cost of approximately $3,600 per year, excluding insurance and maintenance expenses.

Additionally, the vehicle will not be available everywhere in the country.

Tesla says Cybercab will only operate in service areas it designates and supports.

The company has not yet clarified when the vehicle, which will initially be produced in limited numbers, will be made available to the general public.

However, the transition to individual ownership of a vehicle that can drive itself without supervision is considered a major turning point for the automotive industry.

Until now, only ride-sharing companies such as Waymo, Zoox and Tesla's own Robotaxi service operated driverless vehicles.

Cybercab has the potential to be the first Level Four autonomous vehicle that humans can actually own.

Tesla introduces Cybercab, which is open to individual ownership, as "fully autonomous" and states that vehicle owners can track their cars and manage journeys through the application.

Tesla's Robotaxi service launched last year and now carries passengers in several US cities, including Austin and Miami.

Elon Musk has been promising that ordinary people could have autonomous vehicles for nearly a decade, but he has repeatedly missed the deadlines he set.

The latest announcement delighted the company's biggest supporters online.

However, current Model 3 and Model Y owners, who have been paying for the Full Autonomous Driving feature for years, may react to this decision.

Musk said that these vehicles will become autonomous in the second quarter of next year and only in Robotaxi regions.

On the other hand, Tesla is not alone in the race for autonomous vehicles for individual use.

Rivian plans to add lidar technology and a new chip it developed to provide autonomous driving to the R2 model.

General Motors aims to offer the Super Cruise system, which allows you to take your eyes off the road, starting from highways, in the Cadillac Escalade IQ model in 2028.

Tesla's announcement raised many questions.

For example, it has not yet been announced whether vehicle owners will be able to earn passive income by adding Cybercab to their Robotaxi fleet, as Musk has long promised.

It also remains unclear exactly where the vehicle will operate and whether Tesla will be able to expand its service network beyond a few cities quickly enough to make it worth purchasing.

Another big uncertainty is the approach of the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

The agency questions how this vehicle, which has no steering wheel, pedals and side mirrors, complies with motor vehicle safety standards.

Although the federal government allows companies to apply for non-standard vehicles, it limits annual distribution to 2,500 units.

NHTSA recently granted Zoox an exemption for 5,000 autonomous vehicles over two years.

The agency's efforts to simplify autonomous vehicle rules may strengthen Tesla's hand.

However, the company's history of failing to meet ambitious targets such as 1 million robotaxis by 2020 and unattended autonomous driving almost every year since then raises the question of whether this step will be realized on time.