Tesla will wind down production of the Cybertruck at its Texas gigafactory around the middle of 2027, chief executive Elon Musk said on Friday, November 6, in a major retreat from a futuristic pickup he once touted as a rival to legacy trucks. Reuters reported that the move follows years of persistently weak sales for the model.
Source: Reuters via SRN News, Nov 6, 2026
Musk announced the decision in a post on his own platform, X: “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.” Asked whether it was the end of an era, he replied that the Cybertruck was the “best vehicle Tesla has ever made” and that the “Cybertruck fleet will be around for a long time.”
Source: Elon Musk on X, via Technology.org, Nov 6, 2026
Move, or the end of the model?
It is not yet clear whether Cybertruck production will be moved to another facility or phased out entirely. The Austin plant is the only known Tesla facility equipped to manufacture the model's specialised components, including its stainless-steel body panels. Musk gave no firm end date, no volumes and no word on outstanding orders, and Tesla did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Source: Reuters via SRN News, Nov 6, 2026
For owners, the first answer came from Cybertruck lead engineer Wes Morrill, who posted that Tesla will maintain spare parts and service support for trucks already on the road, and described the Cybertruck as “an incredible technology development platform” that “lives on through Cybercab.”
Source: Wes Morrill on X, via MarketScale/Yanko Design, Nov 6, 2026
The Cybercab bet that replaces it
The Cybercab is a two-seat robotaxi with butterfly doors and no steering wheel, pedals or mirrors — a vehicle Musk has made central to his push to turn Tesla into an AI and robotics company rather than just an automaker. Tesla began offering paid rides in a small fleet of Cybercabs in Austin in September. About 570 of the more than 1,200 Tesla robotaxis operating in Texas are Cybercabs, with the rest mainly Model Y vehicles, according to the state's Department of Motor Vehicles figures cited by Reuters.
Source: Reuters via SRN News, Nov 6, 2026
Tesla's third-quarter shareholder update listed installed annual capacity of more than 125,000 vehicles each for the Cybertruck and the Cybercab in Texas, while the Cybertruck line itself has been running at a fraction of its installed capacity — one reason the factory floor is being reassigned. Tesla's “Other Models” group, which includes the Cybertruck, delivered 8,295 vehicles in the third quarter, down from 12,364 in the second.
Source: Invezz / Technology.org, Nov 6, 2026
From 2019 unveiling to a 2027 wind-down
The Cybertruck was unveiled in 2019 and launched in late 2023, with Musk originally targeting 250,000 to 500,000 units a year. Instead the angular, stainless-steel pickup struggled to win mass-market appeal, and Friday's announcement is the clearest signal yet that Tesla is reallocating its Texas factory from a consumer pickup to the driverless fleet on which Musk has staked the company's future. What happens next — a relocated line, a slower final run, or a full phase-out — is a decision Tesla has not yet announced.