Tesla to end Cybertruck production in 2027
Words: Richard Edwards
Tesla will stop building the Cybertruck around the middle of 2027, chief executive Elon Musk says.
“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 on X on 6 November.
Musk didn’t say whether production would move to another factory. Cybertruck lead engineer Wes Morrill suggested the truck has reached the end of the road, posting on X that “Cybertruck was an incredible technology development platform and lives on through Cybercab.” Replying to another user, Musk called the Cybertruck the “best vehicle Tesla has ever made” and “the end of an era”.
The Cybertruck was unveiled in Los Angeles in November 2019. During the presentation, Tesla design chief Franz von Holzhausen threw a steel ball at its supposedly armoured windows and cracked them. Musk said at the time that production would start in late 2021, with prices from US$39,900.
After several delays, Tesla handed over the first trucks at Gigafactory Texas on 30 November 2023. By then the cheapest version cost US$60,990. At Tesla’s shareholder meeting that year, Musk estimated the company would build around 500,000 Cybertrucks a year. The truck has since been recalled several times, starting in April 2024 to fix an accelerator pedal pad that could come loose and jam the pedal.
The Cybertruck line in Texas was built to produce 250,000 trucks a year, and Tesla’s latest shareholder letter lists installed capacity of more than 125,000 units. Tesla doesn’t report Cybertruck sales separately. Cox Automotive estimates about 39,000 were sold in the US in 2024, and 11,586 in the first nine months of 2026, including 4323 in the third quarter. Industry estimates put total deliveries since late 2023 at about 70,000.
Tesla has also stopped taking orders for the entry-level Dual-Motor AWD version. The two remaining versions have each gone up by US$2500, with the Premium AWD now US$92,490 and the Cyberbeast US$102,490.
Musk hasn’t said what the change means for parts and servicing for existing owners.
The Cybercab, a two-seater with no steering wheel or pedals, was unveiled at Tesla’s We, Robot event in October 2024. The first production car came off the line at Gigafactory Texas in February 2026, volume production began in April, and paid public rides started in Austin in September. Musk has said Tesla will soon build more Cybercabs than all its other vehicles combined.
Last month, Tesla told New Zealand and Australian reservation holders that the Cybertruck would not be built for either market and that their deposits would be refunded. The Cybercab is due in Auckland on a showroom tour in 2027.
