Why Tesla Is Winding Down Cybertruck Production at Giga Texas for Cybercab
Elon Musk said Tesla will gradually end Cybertruck production at its Texas factory around mid-2027 to make room for more Cybercab output. What is confirmed, what is still unclear, and what it means for drivers.
Tesla has confirmed what many had expected for months: the Cybertruck does not have a long run left on the production line. On Friday, November 6, 2026, Elon Musk wrote on X that the company will gradually wind down pickup production at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year to make room for higher output of the Cybercab, its two-seat autonomous taxi. The post is short, but the shift is large: Tesla is again moving factory capacity away from a conventional steered vehicle and toward the products it now treats as the future — robotaxis and, in parallel, robotics.
What Musk said, exactly
The wording quoted by "CNBC", "TechCrunch", "The Guardian" and "Electrek" is clear: Tesla will be winding down Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year to make room for increased Cybercab production. He did not give a precise shutdown date, did not say what happens to remaining inventory, and did not say whether the pickup could move to another plant.
When a user called the news the end of an era, Musk replied, according to "CNBC", that the Cybertruck fleet will be around for a long time. In other words: production ends, but service and parts for trucks already on the road are not meant to vanish with the announcement.
Why now
Cybertruck deliveries began in late 2023 after years of delays. Before launch, Musk talked about very high annual targets — around 250,000 units a year, a figure now repeated by "TechCrunch" and "Electrek". Reality was different. Tesla does not break out Cybertruck sales; it folds them into "Other Models", alongside Model S, Model X and the Semi.
In the third quarter of 2026 that bucket was 8,295 vehicles, down 48% from the same quarter a year earlier, according to figures cited by "The Guardian" and "Electrek". With Model S and Model X out of production since spring, "Electrek" estimates that most of those units — roughly 7,000 to 8,000 — were Cybertrucks. Annualised, that is about 30,000 vehicles, far below the line capacity Tesla built for the model.
"CNBC" cites Cox Automotive estimates of about 20,237 US sales last year, down from 2024. An unusual buyer was SpaceX, which, also according to "CNBC", bought large fleets of Cybertrucks at list price. The polarising design, higher prices than the 2019 pitch, production delays and, later, the truck’s tight link to Musk’s public image all made mass-market volumes harder to reach.
Cybercab takes the floor space
The official reason is space for the Cybercab. The car with no steering wheel and no pedals is already offering paid rides in Austin, and Tesla has talked about expanding to other US cities. "TechCrunch" notes that over the past two months Cybercabs have run in Tesla’s home city without major publicly reported incidents, with Dallas named as a next step.
This is not the first time Tesla has cut a classic product to free a factory for something else. Earlier in 2026 the company ended Model S and Model X production so Fremont floor space could go to the Optimus humanoid robot, a shift we also covered in our story on the design patent for a Model S-like body. The logic is the same: real manufacturing capacity is being redirected toward autonomy and robotics.
"Electrek" points out that Giga Texas already has millions of square feet and that the Cybertruck line is running well below installed capacity. Whether "lack of space" is the main driver or a public framing for a business decision, the outcome for the line is the same: the Cybertruck is being phased out of the build plan.
Higher prices on the final stretch
On the same day, "Electrek" reported that Tesla raised Cybertruck prices in the US and blocked orders for the base Dual Motor trim in the configurator. That is classic wind-down behaviour: fewer cheap configurations, higher prices on what remains, hoping the end-of-production news still pulls in buyers who want one of the last examples. For European readers this is mostly context — the pickup is not on sale here.
What never arrived in Europe
"The Guardian" and "Electrek" both underline a point that matters for European drivers: the Cybertruck was never sold in Europe because it did not meet type-approval requirements. Tesla also recently cancelled plans for Australia and New Zealand, again according to "Electrek". For EU drivers, Friday’s news does not change a truck they could order. It does change the signal about which products Tesla still wants to build at high volume.
What it means for drivers
If you already own a Cybertruck, the announcement does not cut support overnight. Musk said publicly that the fleet will stay on the road for a long time. Still watch how Tesla communicates on body parts and long-term service — on a model with stainless steel skin and unique components, the supply chain matters after the line stops.
If you were waiting for a Tesla pickup in Europe, the timeline does not improve. The Cybertruck never came here, and with the Texas wind-down the odds of a high-volume European pickup fall further. Tesla is betting on the Cybercab and on assisted-driving software, not on a pickup homologated for the EU.
For Model 3 and Model Y owners, the message is strategic rather than a service bulletin. The company is again allocating factory space and attention to autonomy. The same software effort underpins the driver-assistance features in production cars. That does not mean driverless rides on European streets tomorrow; it does mean Tesla is drawing its priorities more clearly.
US prices and inventory are already moving. The same-day price rise shows Tesla is treating the Cybertruck as a product at the end of its cycle, not as a model it still wants to push in volume.
