Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) will wind down Cybertruck production at its Texas factory around the middle of next year to make room for the Cybercab robotaxi, CEO Elon Musk said Friday.
Musk announced the plan in a post on X. He praised the Cybertruck as the best Tesla has built and said the wind-down closes an era. Answering another user, he said the “Cybertruck fleet will be around for a long time.” The final production date for the Cybertruck and production targets for the Cybercab remain unclear.
He also did not say whether Cybertruck production will end or move to another plant. Austin is the only known Tesla factory equipped to build the truck’s specialized components. Musk also did not say what the wind-down means for existing orders, and he left open how Tesla will support trucks already on the road after mid-2027.
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The Cybercab, a two-seat robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals, is already part of the work at the same Texas plant. Tesla has carried paying passengers in a small Cybercab fleet in Austin since September. The company still has to answer questions from the US auto safety agency about whether it properly self-certified that the Cybercab meets federal safety standards.
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Cybertruck sales fell well short of Tesla’s annual target of 250,000 units. Kelley Blue Book puts US sales at 11,586 for the first nine months of 2026, a 28% drop from the same period last year. Tesla does not report Cybertruck sales separately. The truck sits in an “Other Models” category, which totaled 8,295 deliveries from July through September, compared with 12,364 from April through June.
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Prices climbed from the $39,900 starting figure Tesla promised to as high as $100,000, and the Premium All-Wheel Drive version recently listed at $92,490. In October, Tesla dropped plans to sell the Cybertruck in Australia and New Zealand and refunded customers who had reserved one. The truck has also drawn multiple recalls and quality complaints, and its polarizing design has limited demand outside the US.
