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Bag Check: Cybercab Remembers the Trunk and Reopens It When You Get Out

A rider video shows the purpose-built Cybercab reopening its trunk at the drop-off if you put items in it earlier. The car keeps the bags in mind so you do not walk away empty-handed.

Sam Ellison, Live desk

Published · 2 min read

A gold Tesla Cybercab parked under a building overhang with butterfly doors and rear trunk hatch open
Photo via @BLKMDL3 / X

AUSTIN, Texas - Cybercab's trunk is not a dumb hatch. It remembers what you put in it.

BLKMDL3 posted a cabin video that makes the behavior clear. If you load items into the Cybercab trunk during a ride, the car reopens that hatch automatically when you get out at the destination. The tip is a product detail, not a stage demo: the purpose-built robotaxi keeps your bags in its state so you do not leave them behind.

Cybercab exit screen: Please Exit Safely, with a reminder to take belongings from the trunk and a 3D car showing the hatch open. Still via @BLKMDL3 / X
Cybercab exit screen: Please Exit Safely, with a reminder to take belongings from the trunk and a 3D car showing the hatch open. Still via @BLKMDL3 / X

The same exit flow already warns riders on the center screen. In the clip, the display shows "Please Exit Safely" with a line that says to remember belongings from the trunk, and that ride information will be cleared for privacy. Beside that message, a 3D Cybercab graphic shows the hatch open. The software and the hardware move together.

Open Cybercab trunk holding two hard-shell suitcases at the curb. Still via @BLKMDL3 / X
Open Cybercab trunk holding two hard-shell suitcases at the curb. Still via @BLKMDL3 / X

A later still from the same tip wire shows two hard-shell suitcases seated in the open bay, a reminder that this car was designed around passengers and their stuff, not around a driver's seat. BLKMDL3's final-ride photo of a gold Cybercab with doors and trunk raised is the exterior proof that the hatch is part of the curb stop, not an afterthought.

Trunk memory is a small feature with a big rider payoff. You load the bags once. The Cybercab brings them back into view when the trip ends.

Sam Ellison covers Cybercab hardware, cabin software, and the tech that shows up on real Austin rides.

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Sam Ellison covers Robotaxi operations in cities across the United States.

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