In Pictures: Tesla Cybercab crashes in Philadelphia, loses entire door panel; Tesla lacks Pennsylvania AV permit

The gold Tesla Cybercab was photographed on South Broad Street after losing the outer skin of its driver-side door in a low-speed incident.

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The Philadelphia crash adds to scrutiny over Tesla's autonomous vehicle testing as the company holds no PennDOT certificate for highly automated operations.

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Tesla's Cybercab program faces questions about what its vehicles were doing on Pennsylvania public roads without state authorization.

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The incident on South Broad Street occurred at low speed, yet the Cybercab still lost its entire driver-side door panel.

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Tesla has positioned the Cybercab as a pillar of its autonomous driving ambitions, but regulatory gaps remain in key states.

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PennDOT requires a certificate to operate highly automated vehicles, which Tesla does not currently hold in the state.

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The crash raises fresh questions about Tesla's deployment of autonomous prototypes on public streets without proper permits.

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Tesla's electric vehicle lineup continues to expand, but regulatory oversight of its autonomous features lags behind.

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As Tesla pushes forward with autonomy, state regulators are weighing how to oversee vehicles like the Cybercab.

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