Current: Tesla CEO announces end of the unpopular Cybertruck – “Making way for Cybercab”
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Elon Musk can adjust his course, but it seems he still can’t admit he was wrong: Surprisingly, the Tesla CEO announced on Friday morning the discontinuation of the Cybertruck, the steel pickup he had said before its first deliveries at the end of 2023 had unimaginably high demand for. Sales figures spoke otherwise, and now Musk appears to be drawing the consequences. However, according to him, the decision has other reasons.
Tesla Cybertruck gives way to Cybercab
The CEO wrote on X that production of the Cybertruck at the Texas Gigafactory will be scaled back around mid-next year. The massive facility near Austin also houses Tesla’s headquarters, where electric vehicles such as the Cybertruck, Model Y, and the all-electric Robotaxi Cybercab are produced. According to Musk, the pickup will not be discontinued due to lack of demand but because more space is needed in Texas for the Cybercab.
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
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 6, 2026
Tesla states in its latest quarterly report that the Texas Gigafactory has a production capacity of 125,000 units per year for each of the two Cyber vehicles. Production of the Cybercab began in 2026 and is progressing so well that Tesla is currently manufacturing more of them than it can deploy as robotaxis. The Cybertruck, on the other hand, saw sales of up to 8,295 units in Q3 2026, which is roughly one quarter of the calculated capacity for that period.
Reasoning similar to Model S & X
The exact Cybertruck sales figure cannot be provided because Tesla only reports it alongside Model S and Model X under “other models.” However, this year’s third quarter was the first in which those two non-pickup vehicles played almost no role, as Tesla halted production of them at the Fremont factory in the first half of the year. Musk announced this decision at the end of January, stating that the space previously used for Model S and Model X would be allocated for producing the Optimus robot.
The reasons for the discontinuation of the Tesla Model S and Model X first, and now the Cybertruck as the third of these “other models,” are strikingly similar. In both cases, Musk claims that space in the respective factories is needed for a newer product. Also in both cases, there were earlier speculations about production being halted due to low sales figures, which the Tesla CEO initially denied. Production of the Optimus robot in Fremont began according to reports at the end of October, but no sales have yet taken place.
Tesla Executive Says Goodbye to Cybertruck
Theoretically, stating that Cybertruck production in Texas would end could have left open the possibility that it might be built elsewhere in the future. However, shortly after Musk’s announcement, Tesla executive Wes Morrill made it clear that this would not happen: the Cybertruck had been an “incredible platform for technology development” and would live on through Cybercab, effectively bidding farewell to the project he led.
Cybertruck was an incredible technology development platform and lives on through Cybercab. Thanks to everyone who contributed to making the future look like the future
As well to the community of owners whose adventures I've enjoyed and will continue to follow ❤️ https://t.co/0nZoTJYC5o
— Wes (@wmorrill3) November 6, 2026