Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production at its Austin factory around the middle of 2027, CEO Elon Musk said in a post on X today, Nov. 6, 2026. He said the space will be used to build more Cybercabs, Tesla’s robotaxis with two seats, but did not say whether production would end completely.
The reason is plain math. Tesla sold 20,237 Cybertrucks in the U.S. in 2025, down 48% from 38,965 in 2024, according to Kelley Blue Book. When production started in 2023, Musk predicted 250,000 sales a year. Gigafactory Texas is the only plant that builds the truck.
Why is Tesla ending the Cybertruck?
The truck never caught up to its own hype. Tesla built its Texas lines for a planned capacity of 250,000 trucks a year, and Musk once talked about doubling that. Bloomberg compared the Cybertruck to the Ford Edsel, noting it never topped 40,000 sales in a year.
Problems stacked up fast. Tesla has issued 11 recalls since late 2023, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, including a 2025 recall of more than 46,000 trucks over trim that could fall off. Its sharp stainless steel body also made approval impossible in Europe, where crash rules account for pedestrian impact. That shut the door on a market where electric vehicles sell well.
Price did not help. The top Cyberbeast model costs $102,000 in 2026.
Who was buying the Cybertruck?
Here is the detail most people missed. One of the truck’s biggest customers last year was Musk’s own company. SpaceX bought $131 million worth of Cybertrucks from Tesla in 2025 at list price, according to its IPO filing.
Strip away those internal sales and the consumer demand looks even thinner. The truck also became a symbol people either loved or protested. Tesla’s sales slumped in early 2025, partly because of backlash over Musk’s role in the Trump administration. The wind down capped a rough week for Musk, whose companies were on track to lose more than $370 billion in combined market value.
What happens to Cybertruck owners now?
Owners are not being left on the side of the road, at least on paper. When a fan on X mourned the news, Musk agreed the truck was great and said the Cybertruck fleet would stick around for a long time. Cybertruck lead engineer Wes Morrill later indicated that trucks already on the road will keep getting parts and service.
Tesla has not released details, so owners should watch for an official statement. Anyone still hoping to buy one has a window that runs roughly through the first half of 2027.
Can the Cybercab replace the Cybertruck?
Not anytime soon. The Cybercab has butterfly doors and no steering wheel, pedals or mirrors. Tesla started offering paid rides in Austin in September, and about 570 of the more than 1,200 Tesla robotaxis in Texas are Cybercabs, according to state records.
There is a catch. Federal safety regulators opened an audit in September to review whether Tesla properly certified that the Cybercab meets vehicle safety standards. Musk has said robotaxis will probably be a big deal by the third or fourth quarter of next year.
The Cybertruck made its debut in 2019 with a window demo that left two cracked panes on stage. It is leaving the same way it arrived, as the most talked about vehicle Tesla ever made and one of the hardest to sell.
