Tesla has managed to remove one of the most important parts of a traditional taxi ride: the driver. Apparently, the tip screen survived the transition just fine.

During a ride through Austin, Texas, TheStraightPipes hosts Yuri Tereshyn and Jacob Black experienced Tesla’s Cybercab with no steering wheel, no pedals and nobody sitting up front to take them anywhere. Yet when the autonomous trip ended, the interface still presented them with an option to leave a tip.

There is literally nobody behind the wheel

The Cybercab used for the ride does away with the controls passengers normally associate with a car. There is no traditional steering wheel or set of pedals inside, leaving two passenger seats facing a central touchscreen that handles most of the interaction with the vehicle.

Yuri and Jacob started their trip with Starbucks selected as the destination before later changing it to Comedy Mothership directly through the touchscreen. There was no driver to explain the change to, and the Cybercab simply recalculated the route and continued through Austin.

The experience did not feel as unusual to the hosts as they expected. Jacob remarked that spending time with Tesla’s Full Self-Driving technology in other cars made the driverless experience feel surprisingly normal, while Yuri joked that he had stopped thinking about the driving altogether.

The cabin gives passengers plenty to do instead

With driving responsibilities removed, the Cybercab’s interior is largely centered around its display and passenger space. The hosts experimented with seat positioning, climate settings and entertainment options including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and YouTube.

There are also USB-C charging ports, cup holders and a large amount of legroom once the seating is moved back. An interior camera sits above the display, while the exterior relies heavily on cameras rather than conventional mirrors.

Some traditional vehicle features are missing entirely. The car has no front trunk, no conventional rearview mirror and no side mirrors. Even the windows only lower partway, although none of those details prevented the hosts from continuing the ride.

The Cybercab handled the Austin trip on its own

The vehicle navigated Austin traffic without either passenger controlling it, including lane changes and the eventual approach to their destination. At one point, it moved across several lanes in a maneuver the hosts described as somewhat sketchy, but the Cybercab continued without requiring intervention.

They also passed another Cybercab that appeared to be operating as a test vehicle with a human driver using a steering-wheel-style control. The unit carrying Yuri and Jacob, however, had no such controls available to them.

After reaching their destination near Comedy Mothership, the Cybercab allowed the passengers to exit through its upward-opening doors. Once the ride was finished, the car was ready to leave autonomously and continue without a human driver.

The driver disappeared, but the tip screen did not

Then came perhaps the funniest part of the entire experience. After riding in a vehicle with nobody driving, Jacob was presented with a prompt asking whether he wanted to leave a tip.

His response was immediate: he was willing to give the Cybercab five stars, but he was not giving it any money. The hosts laughed at the idea before completing the rating, after which the Cybercab drove away on its own.

The moment creates an unusual picture of autonomous ride-hailing. Tesla may have engineered the person out of the driver’s seat, but at least in this ride experience, one familiar piece of the modern taxi transaction remained untouched: the screen asking for a little extra at the end.