Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production around mid-2027

Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of 2027 to make room for more Cybercab output, Elon Musk said on X early Friday (Nov. 6).

"Tesla will be winding down production of the Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year to make room for increased Cybercab production," Musk wrote.

He did not say whether Cybertruck production would stop for good or move to another factory. Texas is the only plant known to build the stainless-steel pickup, CNBC reported, and Reuters noted it is the only known Tesla site with the specialized tooling the model needs.

Hours later, Musk replied to a user who called the update an "end of an era." "True, but the Cybertruck fleet will be around for a long time," he wrote.

Cybertruck lead engineer Wes Morrill struck a similar note. "Cybertruck was an incredible technology development platform and lives on through Cybercab," Morrill posted, in a message Musk reposted.

Tesla began Cybertruck deliveries in late 2023. The truck never reached the mass-market volume Musk once sketched before launch. CNBC, citing Cox Automotive, put U.S. Cybertruck sales at 20,237 in 2025, down 48 percent from 38,965 in 2024. Reuters, citing Kelley Blue Book, reported the same pair of figures. Musk had previously talked up annual sales on the order of 250,000.

Tesla does not break Cybertruck out on its own. In its Q3 2026 production and delivery report, the company listed 8,295 "Other Models" deliveries — a bucket that includes the Cybertruck along with the Semi and leftover Model S and Model X inventory. The Guardian rounded that total to about 8,300. Electrek has estimated most of those units were Cybertrucks, but that split is an estimate, not a Tesla disclosure.

Quality and compliance friction followed the launch. The 2024 Cybertruck was the subject of 11 voluntary recalls, according to NHTSA records cited by CNBC, covering issues such as a trapped accelerator pedal and an inverter fault that could cut drive power. One large fleet buyer was SpaceX, which spent $131 million on Cybertrucks at MSRP, CNBC reported from a SpaceX filing.

The capacity story points at Cybercab. Tesla's Q3 update lists installed Cybercab capacity above 125,000 units a year at Gigafactory Texas, matching the Cybertruck line on paper. Paid Cybercab rides began in parts of Austin in September, Reuters reported, though U.S. safety regulators are still pressing Tesla on how it self-certified the vehicle.

Same day, Tesla also raised U.S. Cybertruck prices and paused new orders for the base Dual Motor AWD on its configurator, according to Electrek and other configurator trackers — a secondary move that fits a wind-down, not a volume push.

For owners, Musk's follow-up is the clearest near-term signal: production at Texas will taper around mid-2027, but the trucks already on the road are meant to stay in the fleet. What remains open is whether any Cybertruck assembly continues elsewhere after Gigafactory Texas turns that floor over to Cybercab. Tesla's Robotaxi expansion in Fort Worth shows how fast the company is pushing the autonomous side of the same factory story; Cybercab is now getting the plant space to match.