Tesla will wind down production of the Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of 2027. Chief executive Elon Musk announced the move in a post on X on Friday, November 6, and he gave one reason in plain words. The plant needs the room for the Cybercab.
That is a quiet end to a loud promise. Tesla began delivering the truck in late 2023 after years of hype, and Musk had predicted sales of 250,000 trucks a year. United States sales fell 48 percent in 2025, and they fell again in 2026. The truck did not fail to attract attention. It failed to attract enough buyers.
The Announcement
Musk kept the announcement short. Reuters quoted his post on X word for word:
“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”
The post names the model, the plant, and the timing. It does not name a new home for the truck. Gigafactory Texas is the only known Tesla plant equipped to build the Cybertruck and its steel body panels, Reuters reported, so a wind down there reads as an end unless Tesla says otherwise or builds that capacity somewhere else.
Musk added some feeling in a reply on X. Reuters reported that he called the Cybertruck the “best vehicle Tesla has ever made” and called the wind down the “end of an era.” Cybertruck lead engineer Wes Morrill struck a similar note on X, in words Reuters also quoted:
“Cybertruck was an incredible technology development platform and lives on through Cybercab”
Those are farewells, not plans. Neither post gave a production end date more precise than the middle of next year, a count for trucks still to be built, or any word on open orders.
Important Details
Tesla does not report Cybertruck sales on their own. The company groups the truck in an Other Models bucket in its delivery reports. Outside estimates fill the gap, and they all point the same way: down.
| Item | Figure |
|---|---|
| United States sales, 2024 | 38,965, Kelley Blue Book estimate |
| United States sales, 2025 | 20,237, down 48 percent |
| United States sales, first nine months of 2026 | 11,586, down 28 percent from a year earlier |
| Other Models deliveries, third quarter of 2026 | 8,295, Tesla figure, includes Cybertruck |
| Installed Cybertruck capacity in Texas | More than 125,000 a year, Tesla figure |
| Annual sales Musk predicted around the start of production | 250,000 |
United States Cybertruck sales estimates
Kelley Blue Book and Cox Automotive estimates, as reported by Reuters and Kelley Blue Book. The 2026 bar covers nine months only, so it is not a full year total.
The gap between capacity and sales is the whole story in one view. A line listed at more than 125,000 trucks a year, built toward a 250,000 a year ambition, was selling at a pace near 15,000 a year in 2026 by those estimates. Keeping that line for that volume makes little sense once another model wants the floor.
Context cuts both ways, and Reuters noted it. Electric pickups from rival makers have also sold poorly in the United States, and the Cybertruck faced limits that had nothing to do with demand at home. Its sharp shape and steel body made approval in Europe effectively impossible under rules on pedestrian impact, analysts told Reuters. A truck that could not go to the largest electric vehicle markets nearby was always going to live or die on one market alone.
The Cybercab Gets the Floor
The Cybercab is a small car built for Tesla robotaxi service. It has two seats and, as Reuters described it, butterfly doors with no steering wheel, pedals or mirrors. Tesla sees it as the main model for a global robotaxi network, and Musk has made it central to the push to turn Tesla into an AI and robotics company.
This is not a paper plan waiting for a plant. Tesla said in its third quarter 2026 update that it began giving robotaxi rides with Cybercabs in Austin on September 3, and its update lists installed Cybercab capacity in Texas at more than 125,000 a year, the same bracket it lists for Cybertruck. Reuters reported that Tesla began offering paid rides in a small fleet of Cybercabs in Austin in September.
Reuters also reported a hard caveat. The United States auto safety agency opened an audit in September to review the basis on which Tesla certified the Cybercab against federal safety standards. Tesla giving the Cybercab more factory room does not settle that review, and it does not prove the robotaxi business will earn what the Cybertruck line could not. It proves priority. Priority and proof are different things.
What’s Next
The confirmed steps are few. Production at Gigafactory Texas winds down around the middle of 2027, and Cybercab output there increases. Trucks will keep reaching buyers until that wind down, so anyone who wants a new Cybertruck has a window of roughly eight months from now, on the timing Musk gave.
- 2019Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck, and the launch event cracked two windows that were meant to prove their strength
- Late 2023Tesla began delivering the Cybertruck to customers
- September 3, 2026Tesla began giving robotaxi rides with Cybercabs in Austin, per its third quarter update
- November 6, 2026Musk announced the Cybertruck wind down at Gigafactory Texas on X
- Middle of 2027Cybertruck production winds down in Texas to make room for increased Cybercab production
The open questions are the ones owners and buyers will care about most, and Tesla has answered none of them in the posts reported so far. Will production move, or does the model end? How long will Tesla sell parts and give service for trucks on the road? What happens to open orders as the line slows? What happens to the workers on that line, and do they move to Cybercab work in the same plant?
Watch for answers in Tesla delivery reports and in any filing or update that names the Cybertruck line again. Until one lands, treat claims of a secret new plant or a saved model as speculation. Musk had every chance to promise a move in the same post that announced the wind down, and he did not.
The Cybertruck will stay visible for years. Steel trucks do not vanish when a line stops, and its owners are not quiet people. But as a product Tesla is building its future on, the verdict is now on the record, from the man who praised it most. The best vehicle Tesla has ever made, in his words, is making room for the bet he wants more.
Facts in this report were checked on November 7, 2026 against Reuters reporting of the Musk post, Kelley Blue Book reporting, and the Tesla third quarter 2026 update.
Sources
- Reuters, via Euronext, Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production after years of poor sales in few markets, November 6, 2026. Source for the Musk post wording, the best vehicle quote, the Morrill quote, the 2024 and 2025 sales estimates, the Europe point, and the safety audit reporting.
- Reuters, via SRN News, Tesla to pull the plug on Cybertruck after years of poor sales, November 6, 2026. Syndicated Reuters report used to cross check the announcement and the sales figures.
- Kelley Blue Book, Tesla Cybertruck to Be Canceled in 2027, November 6, 2026. Source for the first and second quarter 2026 United States sales estimates and the capacity note.
- Tesla, Q3 2026 Update, 2026. Primary source for Other Models deliveries of 8,295 in the third quarter, installed capacity of more than 125,000 a year for both Cybertruck and Cybercab in Texas, and robotaxi rides with Cybercabs starting September 3 in Austin.
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