Tesla Plans to End Cybertruck Production in Summer 2027 as Giga Texas Makes Room for Cybercab

Tesla plans to wind down Cybertruck production by the end of summer 2027, according to The Verge, which reported Elon Musk's remarks on 12 November 2026. The schedule is later than the original plan. Tesla had intended to start winding down production in spring 2027, and Musk extended the run by a few months.

Musk said Tesla will try to build as many Cybertrucks as possible before the line shuts down in about eight months. He also said the company will have to return deposits for many customers. In the same remarks, he claimed that Cybertruck order volume far exceeds the vehicle's production rate.

Musk tied the decision to Giga Texas, the plant where the Cybertruck is built. Ending Cybertruck output makes room at the plant for the Cybercab, a fully autonomous vehicle without manual controls, meaning it is designed to drive itself. The Cybertruck decision follows Tesla's discontinuation of the Model S and Model X earlier this year, which leaves the Cybertruck as the next product to leave the line.

Musk also posted on X that "Cybercab will do a majority of all passenger miles in any jurisdiction where it is not prohibited by law." The statement is a projection about deployment, and its scope depends on regulators in each jurisdiction.

Reaction has been swift among owners and enthusiasts. Troy Meekhof, known online as "The Cybertruck Guy," published a 33-minute YouTube video criticizing the decision. Aftermarket company Unplugged Performance said it would produce the Cybertruck and other vehicles on the truck platform under license, funded by investors. A license lets a separate company build a product using another company's design, under agreed terms.

The broader context here is a company moving its manufacturing capacity from one vehicle to another in a single plant. The Cybertruck's stainless steel body and its platform, the shared chassis and core components underneath, are now the subject of a licensing arrangement that could outlive the factory line. For owners, the open questions are parts, service and future builds under a licensee rather than the original manufacturer. For Tesla, the question is whether the autonomy roadmap for the Cybercab can absorb the capacity freed at Giga Texas on the timeline Musk has described.

In my view, the most useful thing to watch over the next eight months is not the closing date but the deposit process and the licensing terms. Those will show how many buyers actually take delivery, and how much of the Cybertruck platform survives outside Tesla's own factory. A licensed aftermarket build is a modest but real way for a niche vehicle to continue, and that continuity matters to the people who already own one.