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Brian Potter

Tesla’s Robotaxi Just Put Starlink Inside Its Roof

The gold Tesla Cybercab parked at Gigafactory Texas already looked like a rolling concept sketch. Now it has a square patch in the roof hiding something more interesting than glass—a Starlink satellite antenna molded straight into the bodywork.

Tesla’s official Robotaxi account posted the first photos of a Cybercab with what it calls "First Cybercab with @Starlink integration," confirming that at least one production robotaxi now carries factory-built satellite hardware. That raises a practical question for anyone watching the robotaxi race: how much of Tesla’s driverless future runs through space when cell coverage drops out?

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