Tesla Will Wind Down Cybertruck Production in Mid-2027 to Build More Cybercabs
Musk says the Austin line stops around mid-2027 to free space for the Cybercab. No second plant is named, Tesla hasn't commented, and sales were already down 48% last year.
Tesla will stop building the Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of 2027, Elon Musk said on X late Thursday, and the freed-up floor space will go to the Cybercab robotaxi. He did not say the truck is being discontinued, and Tesla has not followed up with a statement, so the wording matters: the Austin line winds down, and everything after that is an open question.
It is the first concrete end date for a vehicle that has had a turbulent price history since deliveries began in late 2023. Our Cybertruck price and wait-time guide tracked the entry price swinging from $59,990 in February to $74,990 by August, while the Premium AWD and Cyberbeast settled at $84,990 and $99,990 before destination.
What Musk said, and what he didn't
According to Fox Business, with reporting from Reuters, Musk wrote that production at Giga Texas will end "around the middle of next year to make room for increased Cybercab production." In a reply, he called the truck the best vehicle Tesla has ever made and described the move as the end of an era. Wes Morrill, the Cybertruck's lead engineer, posted that the truck "lives on through Cybercab" as a technology platform.
Austin is the only Tesla plant equipped to build the stainless-steel pickup. No second site has been announced, so whether the Cybertruck moves, pauses, or simply ends is unknown. Tesla also has not said how many trucks it plans to build before mid-2027, whether existing orders will be honored, or what happens to the roughly 3,000 unsold trucks Electrek counted in U.S. inventory at the time of the August price increase.
How far short the truck fell
Tesla never reported Cybertruck sales separately, so outside estimates are all anyone has. Kelley Blue Book put U.S. sales at 20,237 in 2025, down 48% from 38,965 in 2024, per Fox Business. For the first nine months of 2026, KBB's estimate is 11,586, another 28% drop, and Motor1 cites Car and Driver's tally of just under 71,000 trucks sold in total. Musk had talked about 250,000 a year when the line started in 2023.
The decline is visible in Tesla's own numbers, too. In the third quarter, deliveries of everything other than the Model 3 and Model Y fell 48% to 8,295, as we noted in our Q3 deliveries report. That bucket includes the Cybertruck, the Model S, and the Model X, and Tesla does not split it. NHTSA records list 11 Cybertruck recalls since 2023, some fixed over the air and some requiring shop visits, according to Fox Business.
Why the Cybercab gets the space
Cybercab production started at Giga Texas earlier this year, and Tesla has listed installed capacity above 125,000 units. Paid rides in a small Cybercab fleet opened to the public in Austin in September, and Tesla says Dallas is next month. Texas DMV figures cited by Fox Business put about 570 Cybercabs among the more than 1,200 Tesla robotaxis operating in the state, with Model Ys making up most of the rest. In September, NHTSA opened an audit of how Tesla self-certified the pedal-free, wheel-free two-seater against federal safety standards; our explainer covers what that review involves.
Tesla has not disclosed how much Cybercab volume it expects once the Cybertruck tooling comes out, and we are not going to guess.
What it means for owners and shoppers
For the roughly 71,000 people who own one, nothing changes on the day of the post. Tesla's warranty terms are tied to the vehicle, not to whether the line is running, and Musk wrote in a follow-up that the fleet will be around for a long time, according to Moneywise. Parts and service support after production ends is a fair question to put to Tesla, and the company has not addressed it.
For buyers, the calculation has two sides. A truck with a known end date usually means dealer-style clearance pressure, and Tesla was already running nationwide lease offers on the two upper trims in September. On the other hand, a short production run with no successor can hold resale value rather than sink it; the F-150 Lightning, which Ford no longer offers to order, has seen used prices rise 4% this year even as new ones vanished. Which way the Cybertruck goes depends on how Tesla handles the last eight months of output, and nothing has been announced.
The bigger picture is a shrinking electric-pickup market. The Lightning is on hold until an extended-range successor with no launch date, the Cybertruck now has an end date at its only plant, and the next wave of entries, from Slate to Scout, is still on the way rather than on sale. Tesla's fourth-quarter delivery report in early January is the next scheduled data point, and any formal filing from the company would supersede the X post.
