It looks like the end of the road for Tesla’s polarizing Cybertruck, the automaker’s ill-fated attempt to break into the massive U.S. pickup truck market.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk overnight declared on X that his company will be winding down production of the Cybertruck at the Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year to make room for increased Cybercab production.
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He didn’t specify if Cybertruck production would move to a different facility and, if so, which one. But he did seemingly confirm in another post that the vehicle is being discontinued.
During the third quarter of 2026, Tesla said it produced more than 464,000 vehicles but “Other Models,” which includes the Cybertruck, only accounted for 7,000 of that total, down 40% from the previous quarter. Similarly, Tesla deliveries for “Other Models” fell 48% during the quarter.
The Tesla Cybertruck debuted as a prototype in 2019 and almost immediately became the target of internet scorn after its “unbreakable” windows broke during a demonstration. But the EV shrugged off that early embarrassment and, after years of delays, rolled off the production line in 2023.
From the start, Musk acknowledged “enormous challenges” with scaling production and reaching cash flow positivity with the Cybertruck. In 2023, he said, “We dug our own grave with the Cybertruck. And special products that come along once in a long while are just incredibly difficult to bring to market to reach volume, to be prosperous. It's fundamental to the nature of the newness.”
Now that prediction has seemingly come true. But the Cybertruck’s loss will be the Cybercab’s gain. Tesla earlier this year estimated its annual production capacity for the Cybertruck and the Cybercab to both be around 125,000, meaning Cybercab production could effectively double after the Cybertruck is phased out.
Either way, it’s time to cue up the In Memoriam montage for that deeply flawed but fascinating EV. Good night, sweet prince.
