The Tesla Cybertruck will stop rolling off its only assembly line around the middle of 2027. Elon Musk said on X early on Friday, Nov. 6, that Tesla will be “winding down production of the Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year.” He gave the reason as making room for more Cybercab robotaxis, Fox Business reported.
For owners of the roughly 70,000 trucks sold in the US, the warranty stays the same. Tesla’s coverage runs on years and miles, whatever happens to the factory line. What changes is the price of the new trucks still on sale, which rose the same day, and the outlook for resale.
What Musk said, and what he left out
Musk made the announcement in a post on X. We found no Tesla press release or securities filing on the decision. He also did not say whether another plant might take over the truck.
The Texas plant outside Austin is the only factory making the Cybertruck, according to CBS News. So a wind-down there ends production unless Tesla moves the line. Strictly, this is a wind-down at the truck’s only plant, not a formal cancellation.
Musk’s other replies read like a farewell. He called the truck the “best vehicle Tesla has ever made” and the move the “end of an era,” Fox Business reported. Wes Morrill, the Cybertruck’s lead engineer, wrote that the platform “lives on through Cybercab.”
Tesla also raised prices that day, Electrek reported from Tesla’s configurator. The Premium AWD went from $84,990 to $92,490. The Cyberbeast went from $99,990 to $102,490. Tesla stopped taking orders for the base Dual Motor trim, so the cheapest truck you can order now costs $92,490.
The Cybertruck in numbers
We built this table from Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book sales reports, the federal recall database and the reporting in each row. Sales figures are US estimates, because Tesla does not break out Cybertruck deliveries.
| Item | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Promised starting price, 2019 | Under $40,000 | AP via ABC News |
| First deliveries | Nov. 30, 2023, at Gigafactory Texas | Wikipedia |
| Launch prices, 2023 | $79,990 dual-motor, $99,990 Cyberbeast | Wikipedia |
| Cheapest price, Feb. 2026 | $59,990 dual-motor, for about 10 days | Electrek |
| Prices, Nov. 6, 2026 | $92,490 Premium AWD, $102,490 Cyberbeast | Electrek |
| Planned volume | 250,000 a year | AP via ABC News |
| US sales, 2024 | 38,965 | Kelley Blue Book, Q4 2025 report |
| US sales, 2025 | 20,237 (down 48%) | Kelley Blue Book, Q4 2025 report |
| US sales, Jan.–Sept. 2026 | 11,586 (down 28%) | Kelley Blue Book, Q3 2026 report |
| Best quarter vs latest | 14,416 (Q3 2024) vs 4,323 (Q3 2026) | Cox via Electrek; Kelley Blue Book |
| US sales since 2024, our sum | About 70,800 | Rows above |
| Safety recalls | 11 (4 by software, 7 at a service center) | NHTSA |
Put the sum next to the plan. Nearly three years of US sales come to about 28% of the volume Tesla planned for a single year.
Why the truck sold a fraction of the plan
Price is the first answer. Musk promised a truck under $40,000 at the 2019 unveiling. AP notes the first trucks sold for double that or more. TechCrunch’s Sean O’Kane writes that the top range figure also fell by more than 100 miles.
Politics did the rest. AP reported that Musk’s alliance with President Trump alienated some buyers. CBS noted vandalism at dealerships during his time at DOGE, and the backlash also shadowed Musk’s political spending this year.
Even some of the remaining demand came from Musk’s own companies. SpaceX bought 1,279 Cybertrucks in the fourth quarter of 2025, Electrek reported from S&P Global Mobility data. Musk’s companies took about 19% of US registrations that quarter.
That undercuts the official reason. Electrek’s Fred Lambert argues the line ran at about a quarter of capacity. Tesla puts that capacity above 125,000 trucks a year. On that reading, floor space was never the problem.
Our arithmetic agrees: last quarter’s 4,323 sales work out to about 17,300 a year. Dan Ives of Yorkville Ives & Co told CBS the “writing was on the wall.”
Eleven recalls, all repaired free
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration lists 11 recall campaigns covering the Cybertruck, from model years 2024 to 2026. Tesla fixed four with over-the-air software updates. One of those addressed a delayed rearview camera image (24V718000).
The other seven needed a service visit. They include an accelerator pedal pad that could come loose and trap the pedal (24V276000). Another covers a drive inverter fault that could cut power to the wheels (24V832000), and a third a light bar that could detach (25V170000).
The newest, 26V255000 from April 2026, applies to trucks on 18-inch steel wheels. Their brake rotor stud holes may crack, and Tesla replaces the rotors, hubs and lug nuts at no charge. You can check any VIN on NHTSA’s recall page.
Your warranty does not end with production
Tesla’s Cybertruck New Vehicle Limited Warranty, effective June 5, 2025, covers defects for 4 years or 50,000 miles. Battery and drive unit cover runs 8 years or 150,000 miles. Tesla guarantees at least 70% battery capacity over that period. Rust perforation cover lasts 12 years, with no mileage limit.
The warranty transfers to a later owner at no cost, which helps if you sell. This summer Tesla also extended cover for the power conversion system on pre-2026 trucks to 8 years or 150,000 miles. It said it would reimburse owners who had paid for that repair, Not a Tesla App reported.
Musk did not address parts and service after mid-2027, Electrek noted.
Resale values were already weak. The used-car site iSeeCars estimates a Cybertruck loses 49.5% of its value in three years. The average pickup loses 19.1%. Nobody has data yet on how an end-of-line label will move used prices.
The Cybercab line that replaces the truck is still small. It entered production in Texas in April and began carrying riders in Austin in September, CBS reported. Texas had 463 Cybercabs registered by late October, according to Electrek.
TechCrunch reports Tesla plans to expand the service to Dallas next. Tesla has also said owners’ own cars could join the robotaxi fleet around the second quarter of 2027, the same window in which the last Cybertruck is due off the line.