Tesla is winding down production of the Cybertruck to make room for its robotaxi, Elon Musk said on Friday — ending the run of the company’s most talked-about vehicle after less than three years.
Musk posted on X on Friday, November 6: “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.” The timing is around mid-2027, with no exact end date given, and no Tesla statement yet on parts, service or warranties.
Musk’s stated reason is factory space for the Cybercab, Tesla’s self-driving taxi. But analysts say sales are the likelier driver: the truck is selling at roughly 10% to 12% of the 250,000 a year that Musk originally planned for the line, according to Electrek and TechSpot.
The sales tell the story
Tesla does not break out Cybertruck deliveries, reporting them in “Other Models” alongside the Model S, Model X and Semi. That group delivered 8,295 vehicles in the third quarter of 2026, down 48% year on year — the lowest since the second quarter of 2021.
Electrek estimates 7,000 to 8,000 of those were Cybertrucks, while Cox Automotive puts the figure lower, at 4,323 in the quarter and 11,586 in the first nine months of 2026. Kelley Blue Book, via Reuters and the Associated Press, puts US Cybertruck sales at 20,237 in 2025, down 48% from about 38,965 in 2024. The truck has also had 11 US safety recalls as of November 6, the most recent in April 2026, covering 173 trucks over wheel studs on 18-inch steel wheels.
What happens to owners
Gigafactory Texas is the only known plant able to build the Cybertruck, and no move to another factory has been announced. On October 23, Tesla cancelled its Cybertruck plans for Australia and New Zealand. Lead engineer Wes Morrill posted that Tesla will maintain spare parts and service support for owners.
For buyers, the message is that the Cybertruck is becoming a collector’s item rather than a mass-market truck. The Ford F-Series, by contrast, sold 73,482 vehicles in October alone — more than the Cybertruck has sold in the whole of 2026 by most estimates. The Cybercab, the vehicle taking its place on the production line, is Tesla’s bet that the future of the company is self-driving taxis, not pickup trucks.
