Tesla Cybertruck Discontinued: Confirmed to End in 2027

The Tesla Cybertruck is discontinued. Chief executive Elon Musk confirmed on Friday, November 6, 2026, that the company will wind down production of the angular stainless steel pickup at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year, bringing the model to an end less than four years after the first customer deliveries began.

Musk announced the decision in a post on X, the social platform he owns. “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,” he wrote. The factory space freed up by the truck will be used to build more Cybercabs, the purpose-built self-driving vehicle at the center of Tesla’s robotaxi plans.

Tesla Cybertruck discontinued: Foundation Series electric pickup truck — A 2024 Tesla Cybertruck Foundation Series. Photo: Mr.choppers / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Tesla Cybertruck discontinued: why sales sealed its fate

The Cybertruck never came close to the sales Tesla hoped for. Roughly 70,000 Cybertrucks have been sold since customer deliveries began in late 2023, according to the BBC, far short of the 250,000 a year Musk once targeted. Sales have fallen 28 percent so far in 2026, according to data from Cox Automotive, and analysts cited by Gizmodo estimate the truck is selling at roughly one-tenth of that original annual target.

The wider electric car market has not helped. Carmakers sold 725,888 electric cars in the United States in the first nine months of 2026, down 30 percent from the same period last year, according to Cox Automotive. Demand cooled after President Donald Trump and Congress eliminated the popular $7,500 federal EV tax credit.

Musk had already signaled the shift in January. On Tesla’s January 28 earnings call, asked whether he would design a more conventional looking pickup given the slow sales, he said: “We will transition the Cybertruck line to just a fully autonomous vehicle.”

What happens to current Cybertruck owners

Owners do not need to panic. Wes Morrill, Tesla’s Cybertruck lead engineer, confirmed the end of the truck’s production run on X, writing: “Cybertruck was an incredible technology development platform and lives on through Cybercab.” Morrill also confirmed that Tesla will keep supplying spare parts and that service support will continue for the trucks already on the road.

Musk echoed the point in a reply to a fan on X, saying: “True, but the Cybertruck fleet will be around for a long time.” Tesla has not announced a new factory for the Cybertruck, a final special edition, or any change to after-sales support.

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Tesla Cybertruck parked on a street in 2024 — The Cybertruck on the road in 2024. Photo: Praneeth Thalla / Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

What comes next: the Cybercab and Tesla’s robotaxi bet

The Cybercab is the reason the Cybertruck is leaving. Tesla’s second-quarter update for 2026 confirmed that production of the autonomous two-seater had already begun at the same Texas plant where the Cybertruck is built. Documents Tesla submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in May show the Cybercab will have a 48 kWh lithium-ion battery, about 418 miles of range, 219 horsepower, and a weight of 3,113 pounds.

Musk told investors in April that Tesla plans to expand its Robotaxi service to “a dozen or so states” by the end of the year. Rides are ordered through a phone app, and passengers tap a “Start Ride” button once inside, with no human driver behind the wheel.

The Cybertruck is the second vehicle Tesla has ended this year. Production of the Model S sedan and Model X SUV stopped earlier in 2026, with their Fremont factory lines converted to build Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot. The company is still launching new vehicles, though: Tesla finally unveiled the second-generation Roadster in October 2026, with SpaceX thrusters and a sub-one-second 0-60 run promised for 2028 production.

A short run for a bold bet

Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck in November 2019 and started taking reservations the same day. Deliveries did not begin until November 2023, after four years of delays. If production ends in mid-2027 as planned, the truck will have been on sale for only about three and a half years. The pickup that was meant to redefine the American truck instead becomes a footnote, and its factory floor goes to a car with no steering wheel.

Sources: Reuters, USA Today, BBC News, Gizmodo, The Drive, Not a Tesla App

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