Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas, the only plant that builds the pickup, around the middle of 2027. CEO Elon Musk announced the plan in a post on X on November 6, saying the change is "to make room for increased Cybercab production."
Musk did not say whether Tesla would build the truck anywhere else, and the company did not immediately respond to CNBC. Cybertruck lead engineer Wes Morrill appeared to point to an end, writing on X that the truck "was an incredible technology development platform and lives on through Cybercab." Deliveries began in late 2023.
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Sales Fell Despite Cheaper Versions
Tesla does not report Cybertruck sales on their own. Cox Automotive estimated U.S. sales at 20,237 in 2025, down 48% from 38,965 in 2024, followed by 3,519 in the first quarter of 2026 and 3,744 in the second. One large buyer last year was SpaceX, which spent $131 million on the trucks, according to a SpaceX filing.
Tesla's own figures put the pickup in an Other Models category alongside the Model S, Model X and Semi. That category fell 48% from a year earlier to 8,295 deliveries in the third quarter of 2026, its lowest since the second quarter of 2021.
Tesla moved prices in both directions. It launched a cheaper rear-wheel-drive version in 2025 and pulled it months later, brought a cheaper dual-motor version to buyers this summer, then raised two trims by $5,000 in August. Around the time of Musk's post, it raised U.S. prices again by up to 10% and stopped taking orders for the base Dual Motor AWD, leaving $92,490 as the cheapest Cybertruck buyers can order.
Musk gave factory space as the reason, and Electrek disputes it. The outlet estimates the truck is selling at about 12% of the 250,000 a year Tesla planned its line for, and says Giga Texas, with more than 10 million square feet of factory floor, is not short of room.
Recalls Added Problems for Owners
NHTSA's records list 11 recalls covering the 2024 Cybertruck, from a drive inverter fault that could cut power to the wheels to a delayed rearview camera image. An April 2024 recall covered accelerator pedal pads that could dislodge and get trapped by the interior trim.
A March 2025 recall covered nearly every Cybertruck built up to then because an exterior part could detach while driving. An April 2026 recall covers trucks with 18-inch steel wheels, whose brake rotor stud holes may crack and let a stud separate from the wheel hub.
Where Tesla Is Headed
Gigafactory Texas also builds the Model Y and the two-seat Cybercab, which has a separate line using Tesla's unboxed manufacturing process. Texas had 463 Cybercabs registered as of late October.
The wind-down follows Tesla's April halt to Model S and Model X production, which made room at its California factory for Optimus humanoid robots that are not yet on sale. The Cybertruck's own market had also narrowed: Tesla canceled plans to sell it in Australia and New Zealand two weeks before Musk's post, and it cannot be sold in Europe or most right-hand-drive markets.
Replying to a user on X who called the news the end of an era, Musk wrote that "the Cybertruck fleet will be around for a long time."
