Tesla to Wind Down Cybertruck Production in Texas by Mid-2027, Musk Says

Tesla will wind down production of the Cybertruck at its Gigafactory Texas plant around the middle of next year to make room for increased production of the Cybercab, chief executive Elon Musk said in a post on X on Friday.

"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," Musk wrote. He did not say whether Cybertruck production would move to another factory or end altogether, and Tesla did not immediately answer a request for comment, Reuters reported.

The point matters because Giga Texas is the only factory that builds the Cybertruck. A wind down there, with no second site named, reads as the end of the truck in its current form unless Tesla says otherwise.

The engineer signs off

Wes Morrill, the lead engineer on the Cybertruck, quoted Musk's post soon after and treated the decision as final. "Cybertruck was an incredible technology development platform and lives on through Cybercab," Morrill wrote. Asked whether trucks already on the road would keep support, he said spare parts and service would continue.

A truck that never hit its targets

The Cybertruck, a stainless steel pickup with flat panels and a wedge shape, went on sale in late 2023 after years of delay. Sales never matched the early talk around it. Tesla sold 11,586 Cybertrucks in the United States in the first three quarters of this year, down 28 percent from a year earlier, according to Kelley Blue Book data reported by EVWire. The company's third quarter update listed installed capacity at the Texas plant at more than 125,000 vehicles a year each for the Cybertruck and the Cybercab, a rate actual Cybertruck sales came nowhere near.

The robotaxi takes the floor

The space goes to the Cybercab, the two seat driverless car at the center of Tesla's robotaxi plans. Tesla began running Cybercabs in its Austin robotaxi fleet in September, and Musk has told investors most Cybercabs will be owned by Tesla and offered as a ride service. The swap follows the same pattern as the Model S and Model X, which Tesla discontinued earlier this year to free factory space for its Optimus humanoid robot.

For buyers, the clock is now public. On Musk's wording, Cybertruck production at the only plant that makes it runs through about the first half of 2027. Tesla has not said what happens to orders it cannot fill before then, or whether the name returns on another vehicle.