Tesla Enables Grok @Bot in Cybercabs and Model Y Fleet, Letting Riders Run Errands by Voice

Tesla has switched on Grok @Bot, the task-performing version of xAI's Grok assistant, inside its Cybercab robotaxis and Model Y vehicles.

"Grok @bot is enabled on all Cybercabs and the rest of the Model Y fleet," Yun-Ta Tsai, a senior engineer on Tesla's AI team, wrote on X on Oct. 11. "Please let us know how it helps you and what to improve." Elon Musk followed early Oct. 12 with a post saying riders can now use Grok @Bot in a Cybercab.

What riders can do

The regular Grok assistant in Teslas answers questions and controls selected car functions. Grok @Bot is built to act outside the car.

Tesla's demonstrations show it handling email, calendars, shopping and coffee orders by voice. Sawyer Merritt, a Tesla commentator, posted a hands-on test in which he added laundry detergent to an Amazon cart from inside a Cybercab. Merritt also described managing finances by voice, though his post showed the cart addition.

Riders sign in to Grok once, and their personal Bots are available on later rides. The system logs them out automatically when they exit the vehicle, which is important in a robotaxi, where the next passenger sits in the same seat.

The timeline

The rollout moved fast. Earlier in the week, the creator Dirty Tesla complained that Cybercab riders could reach the general Grok but not their own Grok Bots. Tsai replied that a fix was coming in an upcoming update and that he was testing it daily. Dirty Tesla then posted a video of a Grok Bot running on a Cybercab screen, and Tsai quoted it with the enablement announcement.

Tesla first brought Grok Bot capability and Connectors to its cars on Sept. 22, according to Tesla's own post that day. Crypto Briefing reports the Cybercab opened to the public Sept. 3 with first rides in Austin, Texas.

Requirements and data handling

Connectors link Grok to Gmail, Google Calendar, Outlook and Google Drive. Grok Bot handles the multistep jobs, such as booking reservations or scheduling appointments.

The published requirements say users need a signed-in Grok account and a SuperGrok subscription. Teslarati, which has used the feature since early access, described Grok Bot as limited to SuperGrok Heavy subscribers when it launched Sept. 22. The two descriptions differ, and Tesla has not publicly reconciled them.

Compatible vehicles also need an AMD processor and either Premium Connectivity or Wi-Fi. The requirements add that information accessed through Connectors or Grok Bot is processed by SpaceXAI under its privacy policy. So inbox contents, calendar entries and files pass through that company's systems, not just Tesla's.

What Tesla has not said

Tesla has published no release notes for the change. Tsai did not name a software version or say whether the activation required an over-the-air update or was switched on from the server side.

His phrase "the rest of the Model Y fleet" suggests some Model Ys already had access before Oct. 11. Tesla has not said whether Model 3, Model S, Model X or Cybertruck owners are next, and it has not detailed any regional limits on the Cybercab rollout.

Tsai has asked users for feedback. Tesla has given no timeline for expanding the feature beyond Model Y and the Cybercab.

The stakes

The feature puts email, calendars and purchasing power under voice control inside a vehicle that has no steering wheel and no driver. The auto-logout at the end of each ride is Tesla's stated safeguard. How it performs across thousands of rides, and how users respond to handing an AI agent their accounts, will become clearer as riders begin sending that feedback.