Tesla is moving ahead with a dedicated Cybercab wash and service site in Clark County, Nevada. County records list the project as “Tesla Center Mohawk Cybercab Phase 2 Car Wash.” On May 12, the company filed a permit to begin work on an existing 36,000‑square‑foot building near Las Vegas, with plans for interior and exterior upgrades tied to fleet operations. The filing gives a rare look at the support system Tesla is putting in place for its planned driverless ride‑hailing service.
The project first came into public view after MarcoRP, known for tracking Tesla charging and infrastructure activity, flagged the permit details online.
Local filing data then gave a clearer picture of what Tesla wants to build at the Mohawk Street site. This is not a standard consumer car wash attached to a sales center or service store.
County documents describe work that includes a full car‑wash enclosure, relocation of tire‑service equipment, and new power raceways inside the building. That mix of work fits a fleet site far better than a normal public wash bay, and it lines up with the needs of vehicles that may spend long hours on the road with no driver in the seat. The setup also hints at how Tesla defines maintenance for a driverless fleet, where washing and minor servicing are part of regular operations instead of occasional extras.
Facility built for fleet upkeep.
Recent imagery and analysis tied to the permit place the building at roughly 37,000‑square‑feet with about 63 parking spaces on the property.
The layout appears to include two wash bays and six service bays, giving Tesla room for cleaning, tire work, and light maintenance between trips. That configuration could let vehicles move through the site in a steady loop instead of sitting idle for long periods.
The reason for that setup is practical. A Cybercab or other Robotaxi vehicle cannot rely on a human driver to wipe down cameras, check road grime, or handle small upkeep tasks after each ride. Tesla’s autonomous system depends on exterior cameras staying clear, so a dedicated wash hub is part of daily operations and not a side feature. Yet that same point has been a common criticism of large Robotaxi fleets for years, with skeptics asking how the cars would stay clean and road‑ready at scale.
Tesla has already been testing Robotaxi‑spec Model Y vehicles in the Las Vegas area, and some of those vehicles were seen with rear camera washers and Texas manufacturer plates. That detail is relevant here, since the Mohawk facility looks built around the same problem Tesla is trying to solve on the vehicle side.
Las Vegas fits Tesla’s plan
Las Vegas has become one of Tesla’s more active proving grounds for transport projects, from tunnel operations linked to The Boring Company to recent Robotaxi‑related testing on public roads. The city gives Tesla dense visitor traffic, long operating hours, and roads that are busy but still manageable for a controlled rollout. And that makes southern Nevada a logical place to test the full chain of a driverless ride‑hailing business, from dispatch to charging to cleaning.
However, there are no public Superchargers are visible outside the building, which raises the chance that charging will be handled inside or through a private fleet‑only setup. Tesla has used private charging depots for commercial activity before, and a closed‑loop approach would fit the rest of the Mohawk plan. Still, Tesla has not laid out the full operating design in public documents, so some parts of the site’s final workflow remain unknown.
If the project moves ahead without major delay, Las Vegas may become one of the first places where Tesla runs a large autonomous taxi operation with its own cleaning and service backbone close at hand. And if that model works, the Mohawk site may end up being remembered as one of the first quiet pieces of infrastructure behind Tesla’s next business line.
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