Tesla will stop making the Cybertruck in 2027

Tesla volition halt making the Cybertruck adjacent year, according to CEO Elon Musk, who said connected X that the institution volition usage the mill abstraction to physique much two-seater Cybercab robotaxis.

The determination to upwind down the futuristic, steel-clad EV comes aft conscionable a fewer abbreviated years of underwhelming sales. When Musk handed implicit the archetypal fewer Cybertrucks successful precocious 2023, helium predicted Tesla would merchantability astir 250,000 per year. It was expected to beryllium specified a cornerstone of Tesla’s aboriginal that, earlier operation began, the institution talked astir its Texas mill arsenic the “Cybertruck factory.” But Tesla has alternatively sold conscionable tens of thousands — full — implicit the past 3 years.

Tesla is sidesplitting disconnected the Cybertruck astatine a infinitesimal erstwhile it is trying to go an AI- and robotics-focused company. A large portion of that is its robotaxi ambitions.

The institution has spent the past 2 months putting Cybercabs connected the streets successful its hometown of Austin, Texas. With nary large incidents to date, the institution has said it plans to grow the Cybercabs operations to different cities, starting with Dallas aboriginal this month. (Tesla besides operates robotaxi versions of its Model Y SUVs successful Austin, Houston, and Dallas, arsenic good arsenic 3 cities successful Florida.)

This is the 3rd merchandise Tesla has discontinued successful bid to substance those greater ambitions. Earlier this year, the institution decided to extremity accumulation of the Model S sedan and Model X SUV and alternatively usage the mill abstraction dedicated to those vehicles to marque Optimus humanoid robots.

First announced successful 2019, the Cybertruck was a merchandise that Musk had agelong obsessed over.

“Probably my idiosyncratic favourite for the adjacent merchandise is the pickup truck, and we are going to conscionable bash an astonishing pickup truck,” helium said connected 1 of Tesla’s net calls that year.

Musk promised the Cybertruck would beryllium radical, inspired by the designs of cyberpunk sci-fi stories similar Blade Runner. While that surely bore retired successful the design, the institution overpromised connected the basics of the Cybertruck from the jump. During the now-infamous uncover lawsuit successful 2019, erstwhile caput decorator Franz von Holzhausen cracked the Cybertruck’s windows with alloy balls, Tesla said the EV was expected to commencement astatine nether $40,000 and person up to 500 miles of range. It achieved neither of those figures.

Instead, the motortruck was delayed for 2 years, successful portion due to the fact that of the Covid-19 pandemic. When it yet did deed the marketplace successful precocious 2023, Tesla handed implicit the archetypal fewer Cybertrucks to customers successful a short, somewhat unusual for Tesla event (by the company’s ain standards, astatine least), which saw a poorly-lit Musk lasting successful a motortruck furniture promising the motortruck was “the finest successful apocalyptic equipment” acceptable for “late civilization vibes.” The basal terms had inflated to astir $60,000, and the top-end scope had shrunk by implicit 100 miles.

The motortruck has struggled connected the marketplace ever since. The polarizing plan ne'er seemed to beryllium good with buyers, particularly astatine a higher-than-expected price. Then, during its archetypal afloat twelvemonth of income successful 2024, Musk became a large fiscal backer of Donald Trump, which turned the instantly recognizable Cybertruck into a people for protesters. That continued into 2025 arsenic Musk led the alleged Department of Government Efficiency, which fired thousands of national workers.