Tesla plans to wind down Cybertruck production at its Texas factory around the middle of next year, CEO Elon Musk said, as the company makes room to build more Cybercabs.
Musk announced the plan in a post on X late Thursday. He later described the Cybertruck as Tesla’s “best vehicle” and called the production shift the “end of an era.”
The decision marks a pullback from a vehicle Musk once presented as a challenger to traditional pickup trucks. It remains unclear whether Tesla will move Cybertruck production to another factory or stop making the truck altogether. Gigafactory Texas is the only Tesla facility currently known to produce it.
Tesla began delivering Cybertrucks in late 2023, after years of delays. The company sold 20,237 in the U.S. last year, according to Kelley Blue Book, down 48% from 38,965 in 2024. When production began in 2023, Musk had forecast annual sales of 250,000.
The truck was first unveiled in 2019. At the event, Musk tried to demonstrate that its windows were shatterproof by having Tesla design chief Franz von Holzhausen throw metal balls at them. Two windows cracked.
Since its 2023 debut, the Cybertruck has been subject to 11 recalls, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Some required physical repairs; others were addressed through software updates delivered over the air.
Tesla is shifting more attention toward artificial intelligence and robotics, with the Cybercab central to its plans for a global robotaxi network. The company’s self-driving technology has faced years of delays, though Tesla began offering paid rides with a small Cybercab fleet in Austin in September.
U.S. auto regulators are also examining whether Tesla properly self-certified the Cybercab as meeting federal vehicle safety standards. The NHTSA opened an audit in September to review the certification.
Cybertruck lead engineer Wes Morrill said in a post on X that the truck had been an “incredible technology development platform” and that its work would continue through the Cybercab.
The Cybercab program is still relatively small. The two-seat robotaxi entered production earlier this year, and Tesla has reported installed capacity of more than 125,000 units. Texas Department of Motor Vehicles data show that about 570 of the more than 1,200 Tesla robotaxis operating in the state are Cybercabs. Most of the rest are Model Y vehicles.
