Tesla to Wind Down Cybertruck Production in Texas

Tesla will stop building the Cybertruck, its angular electric pickup, Elon Musk said on 6 November 2026. In a post on his official X account, Musk said production will wind down at Tesla's Texas Gigafactory to make room for the Cybercab, an electric sedan the company unveiled in 2024.

The wind-down is set to start in mid-2027, according to Dezeen. A Gigafactory is Tesla's name for its very large vehicle and battery plants. The one outside Austin, Texas, is the only factory known to make the Cybertruck.

Sales have fallen sharply. Kelley Blue Book, a US firm that tracks car sales and prices, estimated that Tesla sold 20,237 Cybertrucks in the United States. That was down from 38,965 in 2024, a drop of 48 percent. Reuters reported that the decision follows several years of weak sales.

The gap is wide compared with what Tesla once expected. At a 2023 shareholders' meeting, Musk estimated the company would sell between 250,000 and 500,000 Cybertrucks a year.

The truck has had a bumpy run since it was first shown in 2019. Customer deliveries began in late 2023. In 2024, many Cybertruck models were recalled because of faulty accelerator pedals, and the vehicle faced repeated recalls after that.

Tesla has already moved other work into the same plant space. It shifted production lines for its Model S and Model X cars to build its Optimus humanoid robot, Dezeen reported.

For buyers, the news means the Cybertruck's production run has an end date. For the workers on the Texas line, it means the plant's focus is changing again, from the truck to the Cybercab. The first step is the mid-2027 start of the wind-down, which Musk has now put on the record.