Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production in Texas around mid-2027, Musk says

The announcement

Elon Musk said on X on Friday, 6 November 2026, that Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production at its gigafactory in Texas around the middle of 2027. The stated purpose is to free capacity for the Cybercab, a two-seat electric vehicle without a steering wheel or pedals that Tesla developed for fully autonomous driving. Musk did not say whether Cybertruck production would move to another plant or stop altogether. The Austin plant is the only known Tesla site equipped to make the model's specialised components. Tesla did not respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours.

Tesla began building the Cybertruck in Texas in November 2023, and the sequence below places the announcement alongside the Cybercab's rollout in Austin.

Sales and the model's record

Tesla does not publish separate Cybertruck sales figures in its regular quarterly reports. In the third quarter of 2026 it recorded 8,295 deliveries in its 'other models' category, which groups several vehicle lines, compared with 15,933 in the same quarter a year earlier. That decline of about 48% was driven partly by the discontinuation of the Model S and Model X. Cox Automotive estimates that Tesla sold 11,586 Cybertrucks between January and September, down 28% from a year earlier and equal to a 1.6% share of US electric vehicle sales. Analysts had expected 22,000 Cybertrucks to be sold this year, and Musk once described the vehicle as 'a futuristic battle tank'. Musk originally aimed to build between 250,000 and 500,000 Cybertrucks a year.

Q3 202515,933

Q3 20268,295

Q3 2025

15933 vehicles

Q3 2026

8295 vehicles

Data from the article text

Cybercab and the robotics pivot

Musk has made the Cybercab the centrepiece of Tesla's robotaxi plans and has said he intends, over time, to turn Tesla into a robotics and autonomous vehicle company. Tesla has used Cybercabs in its Austin robotaxi service since September 2026, and during its latest earnings it said it aimed to deliver Cybercabs to customers by the end of 2026. The company also stopped producing the Model S and Model X earlier this year and began mass production of its electric Semi truck in April. Musk has said Tesla will concentrate on the Optimus humanoid robots, the Cybercab and the Semi.

Reaction and open questions

Wes Morrill, the Cybertruck's lead engineer, responded on X and thanked the owner community, whose adventures he said he had enjoyed following. His message read:

“Cybertruck was an incredible technology development platform and lives on through Cybercab.”

Tesla had not responded to requests for comment at the time of reporting, so the fate of the Cybertruck beyond mid-2027 remains unclear. In Europe the change has no effect on the regular new-car business, because Tesla does not sell the Cybertruck there officially. The vehicle has no EU type approval, and its rigid stainless steel body and the protection of pedestrians and cyclists stand in the way of approval. SpaceX, Musk's rocket company, has been one of Tesla's biggest Cybertruck buyers, and the two companies are exploring a mega-merger, which Musk has called 'a good idea'.