Stainless steel doesn’t rust, but it turns out it can’t outrun a sales chart. The pickup that was supposed to change trucks forever is on the way out, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the company will wind down Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year.
Musk announced it in a post on X on Nov. 6, 2026. His wording was short and plain: 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,” Benzinga reported.
That was it. No volumes, no hard stop date, and no word on what happens to existing orders, according to TeslaNorth. (Short and plain is a style. It’s also a lot of unanswered questions.)
Is the Cybertruck line really ending?
Here’s the thing: if you own a Cybertruck or want one, nobody outside Tesla can tell you yet what this means for you. Some headlines say the truck is being discontinued. InsideEVs went with “retired.” Others note that Musk only said “winding down” at the Texas plant.
It is unclear whether Cybertruck manufacturing moves to another factory or simply ends. I couldn’t find a Tesla corporate statement either. For now, the whole announcement rests on one post on X.
That makes the timing worth a pause. The truck went on sale at the end of 2023, so mid-2027 would be less than four years of production.
The sales numbers explain a lot
Musk once talked about selling up to 250,000 Cybertrucks a year. Sales fell far short of that, Motor1 notes. Weak demand likely explains why Cybertruck output is being cut at all.
Kelley Blue Book estimates Tesla sold 11,586 Cybertrucks in the U.S. in the first nine months of 2026. That is down 28% from a year earlier.
And that is an estimate, because Tesla doesn’t report Cybertruck sales on their own. It lumps them in with the Model S and Model X under “Other Vehicles,” Notebookcheck points out.
Tesla also stopped taking orders for the entry-level Dual-Motor AWD Cybertruck at about the same time. Only the Premium and Cyberbeast trims remain on its website.
Why the Cybercab is taking over from Cybertruck production
The Cybercab is a two-seat robotaxi with no steering wheel and no pedals. Tesla has been registering and running it in Texas, including in Austin and Dallas.
So Musk is trading a pickup that missed its sales target for a car that has no driver. Bold swap.
The shift fits a bigger plan. Tesla’s 2027 lineup of cars, robotaxis, Semis and humanoid robots is getting crowded, and Giga Texas is where much of it will be built. The factory is also the confirmed home of the Roadster production plan in Austin.
The Cybertruck debuted as a prototype in 2019, was first promised for 2021 and didn’t reach production until 2023. After all that waiting, the truck outlasted the hype by a surprisingly short stretch. It even shared a stage with the Roadster that jumped over a Cybertruck.
Tesla still hasn’t said how it will handle existing orders or long-term support for trucks already on the road. Until it does, everyone will be asking the same thing: does the Cybertruck end in mid-2027, or just move?
