Illustrative occupancy
~1–2
Typical reported passengers-per-trip band across many urban robotaxi / rideshare observations (placeholder — replace with cited sources).
Ops overview · Fleet thesis
Right-sized mobility for Hamilton rideship
Hamilton Cybercabs is a planned Tesla Cybercab fleet concept serving Greater Hamilton and the Golden Horseshoe — built around utilization, occupancy reality, and local operating support rather than DIY vehicle ownership.
Planned fleet
10 Cybercabs
Initial Hamilton launch set
Service thesis
2-seat cabin
Sized for high-frequency low-occupancy trips
Region
Hamilton + GH
Greater Hamilton / Golden Horseshoe
Ops model
Local operator
Passive-investor framing with day-to-day execution
Right-sized by real rideship
Two seats match the highest-frequency trip
Autonomous and rideshare trip patterns in North American cities repeatedly show low average occupancy — often near one to two riders. A purpose-built two-seat Cybercab is framed here as a capacity match for the most common trip, not a compromise versus larger vehicles. Hamilton-specific rideship studies would refine this thesis before launch; figures below are illustrative industry framing, not local measured data.
Trip-frequency fit
Solo / duo
Commute, airport-adjacent, waterfront, and downtown hops dominate high-frequency demand — corridors Hamilton already understands as an operator city.
Operating thesis in brief
Utilization over vanity capacity
Fewer empty seats per mile can mean cleaner unit economics when demand is mostly one- and two-rider trips.
Local execution, network demand
Tesla Robotaxi (if available) may supply rider channel and autonomy stack; Hamilton ops own cleaning, charging, insurance coordination, and local readiness — including a planned 2,500–4,000 sq.ft. depot (≥400 kW) still being sought.
Prove Hamilton, then expand
Start with a dense 10-vehicle footprint, learn corridor economics, then consider Golden Horseshoe / GTA adjacency — staged, not assumed.