Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production at Texas factory next year to make room for Cybercab

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Elon Musk says Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas by mid-2027 to make room for increased Cybercab robotaxi output.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said vehicle demand is outpacing production as Full Self-Driving gains traction, while the company announced plans to launch Cybercab service in Dallas next month and expand its autonomous transportation network (Credit: Tesla).

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the company is planning to end production of the Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year as it reallocates capacity to increase Cybercab production.

Musk said late Thursday in a post on his X platform that "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 move serves as a retreat from what has been one of Musk's pet projects, as the futuristic Cybertruck was once touted as a rival to legacy pickup trucks.

While it wasn't immediately clear whether production of the Cybertruck would move to another Tesla facility or be phased out entirely, the Austin facility is the only known Tesla factory equipped to produce the Cybertruck.

Musk said that Tesla will end production of the Cybertruck at the company's Gigafactory Texas in Austin starting mid-2027. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Musk said in response to a user post on X that the Cybertruck is the "best vehicle Tesla has ever made" and said the move marks the "end of an era."

Tesla began delivering the Cybertruck in late 2023 after years of delays. According to Kelley Blue Book, the company only sold 20,237 Cybertrucks in the U.S. last year – a 48% decline from 38,965 in 2024 – after Musk had predicted annual sales of 250,000 units when production started in 2023.

The Cybertruck was initially unveiled in 2019, an event which took an unexpected turn when Musk attempted to prove its windows were shatterproof by hitting them with metal balls – thrown by Tesla's lead designer Franz von Holzhausen – but ended up cracking two of them after they were hit.

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