Tesla Winds Down Cybertruck Production at Texas Plant by Mid-2027

Elon Musk said on X on Nov. 6 that Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year to free space for more Cybercab robotaxis.

“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.

The stainless-steel pickup is assembled only at the Austin plant, according to Reuters and CNBC. Musk did not say whether production would move elsewhere. Tesla did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Sales Far Below Target

U.S. Cybertruck sales fell to 20,237 in 2025, down 48% from 38,965 in 2024, according to Kelley Blue Book and Cox Automotive figures cited by CBS News, Reuters and CNBC. Tesla does not publish its own model-by-model U.S. breakout in SEC filings.

Before launch, Musk had projected annual sales of about 250,000 units, Reuters and CNBC reported.

Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck in 2019 and began customer deliveries in late November 2023. The starting price at delivery was about $60,990, roughly 50% above the roughly $39,900 figure floated at the original reveal, according to Reuters reporting at the time.

The Verge, citing the highest analyst estimates, puts cumulative deliveries since 2023 at roughly 70,000 — still well below a single year of Musk’s earlier target.

Recalls and Europe’s Closed Door

The 2024 Cybertruck was the subject of 11 voluntary recalls, according to CNBC’s reading of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration records. Issues have ranged from trim panels that could detach to software faults, rearview cameras, windshield wipers and accelerator pedals.

The angular stainless-steel body also blocked a path into Europe. Reuters reported that regulatory approval was impossible there because of pedestrian-impact rules. The stock Cybertruck has no EU type approval.

Former Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer told Reuters the commercial logic was clear. “It doesn’t make sense to keep it going when it’s not meeting its targets,” he said. “Anywhere where you have crash regulation that takes into account pedestrian impact, that Cybertruck won’t go, can’t go.”

Tesla’s wider European sales have already been under pressure. Clash Report previously covered the company’s February market-share drop across Europe as EV competition intensified.

“End of an Era” — and the Cybercab Bet

In reply to an X user who called the wind-down the “end of an era” and the Cybertruck Tesla’s best vehicle, Musk wrote: “True, but the Cybertruck fleet will be around for a long time.”

Cybertruck lead engineer Wes Morrill said the truck “was an incredible technology development platform and lives on through Cybercab.”

The Cybercab, unveiled in October 2024, is a two-seat robotaxi with butterfly doors and no steering wheel, pedals or mirrors, according to Reuters. It is built at Gigafactory Texas. Tesla began offering paid rides in a small Austin fleet in September 2026, Reuters reported, while still facing U.S. auto safety agency questions on self-certification against federal motor vehicle safety standards.

The capacity shift fits Tesla’s broader push into autonomous vehicles and robotics — a path that has already drawn political and regulatory heat in Washington.