Tesla will start selling its Cybercab robotaxi to individual and private fleet buyers by the end of this year, according to CEO Elon Musk and Vice President of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy. The pair discussed the move during the Austin, Texas-based EV manufacturer’s third-quarter earnings call.

Moravy told investors that customer deliveries will “start small.” Musk added that most will remain Tesla-owned; unsupervised Full Self-Driving software is not due until the second quarter of 2027. Tesla says more than 300 Cybercabs are in fleet service in Austin, the vehicle’s sole market. Independently tracked records show 463 Cybercabs registered as of October 24, though a registered vehicle is not necessarily in service. Tesla has not disclosed how many units have been produced.

Cybercabs do not have steering wheels or pedals. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an audit query in September into how Tesla certified the vehicle under federal safety standards, which require some manual controls. A proposal to drop the brake pedal requirement for autonomous vehicles was floated in June but has not been adopted.

CarBuzz’s Silvian Secara notes Tesla has yet to respond as NHTSA’s October 30 regulatory response deadline approaches. It is “not exactly clear how Tesla will get around” existing regulations, Secara writes, and failing to satisfy them would upend the factory’s plan.