Tesla (TSLA) to end Cybertruck production next year, and it’s not just about the Cybercab

The CEO of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), Elon Musk, broke big news about the Cybertruck in his late-night tweetstorm. Production of this polarizing and iconic electric pickup truck will be discontinued next year (mid-2027).

The decision to sunset Cybertruck production must have come with a heavy heart for Elon Musk, since this oddly shaped truck was his brainchild.

Giga Texas is the only Tesla factory where the automaker produces the Cybertruck. As the Tesla Robotaxi Service fleet is growing, the automaker will use this space for Cybercab production.

Musk announced on X that Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production by mid-next year. He wrote:

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.

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A Tesla Cybertruck parked in open space and facing the sunrise at dawn. Credit: Owner Sparks / X.

Brief History of Cybertruck Production

Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck to an awe-struck world on November 21, 2019. The only product unveiling that came close to the then-Cybertruck virality is the recent next-gen Tesla Roadster reveal event.

Cybertruck was something that surprised everyone as an electric pickup truck. The Cybertruck’s low-poly hexagonal shape was likely the most polarizing design in automotive history.

As Musk often says himself, “Prototypes are easy, production is hard.” It was actually true for the Cybertruck. Its unique design, choice of a stainless steel body, and giant underbody castings delayed production for almost 4 years.

Custom-designed 9,000-ton Giga Casting machines were especially made by IDRA in Italy. It took almost a year from the unveiling of these machines to getting installed at Giga Texas.

It took a few more months from production setup and tooling to delivering the first customer Cybertrucks in November 2023.

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True, but the Cybertruck fleet will be around for a long time
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 6, 2026

It’s Not Just the Cybercab

Elon Musk is not wrong when he says that Cybercab production will take place where the Tesla Cybertruck is made today. However, it’s not the only reason for sunsetting the Cybertruck.

Tesla’s core focus moving forward is to establish itself as an AI-vision-based self-driving software, Robotaxi Service, and robotics company. And the Cybertruck doesn’t look very promising in this picture. Tesla already discontinued the Model S and Model X earlier this year for the same reason.

The Cybertruck’s outlandish design failed to achieve massive commercial success. In Q3 2026, Tesla sold only 8,295 Cybertrucks. The low sales of Tesla’s EV pickup truck have also triggered the decision to end its production.

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system is also a major reason that Tesla needs to eliminate the Cybertruck from its future Unsupervised FSD goals.

The size and design differences between a Cybertruck and a Cybercab, Model 3, or Model Y make it an unideal candidate for streamlined FSD releases.

Tesla AI software engineers have to retweak the software to fit the Cybertruck’s dimensions, size, and blind spots to make FSD function smoothly on it. Going forward, Tesla will gradually eliminate this extra work and the less useful data points used to train its FSD AI.

Tesla plans an exponential increase in Cybercab production, and it will require additional space at Giga Texas. However, the Cybertruck has suffered a lot, and the debate over its future has ended.

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