Tesla CEO Elon Musk is eyeing his next market for his EV maker’s purpose-built robo-taxi.

Tesla's traditional do-it-yourself instinct could be tested by its nationwide robotaxi ambitions. The big picture: Manufacturing self-driving taxis is one thing. Financing, parking, charging, cleaning and maintaining enough of them to blanket the country is another — and Tesla is signaling that it might want entrepreneurs to help shoulder the load.

Tesla promised that everyone would be able to buy a Cybercab in the future, but the current variant lacks an on-board AC charger, complicating home ownership

NHTSA didn't open a Cybercab audit because anyone believes the car is dangerous. It opened one because Tesla, unlike every other company running driverless fleets on public roads, didn't ask for permission first.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation into Elon Musk's Cybercab one day after its launch in Austin, Texas.

Firefighters were trained to move the robotaxi with its touchscreen. One captain who took the training says it’s “not the silver bullet” and wants federal standards.

The virtual controls seemingly appeared accidentally to several riders in the first couple weeks of the Cybercab’s public launch.

Tesla's expanding robotaxi footprint is sending ripples through the rideshare market, and Uber shareholders are absorbing the hit even though Uber's own results gave them no reason to sell.

A Tesla Cybercab rider found a hidden touchscreen joystick for manual driving, even though Tesla built the robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals.

As Tesla launches the Cybercab robotaxi in Austin, click to read a comparison of TSLA's progress to that of Alphabet's (GOOG) Waymo.