Key Takeaways
- Tesla will add an extra Cybertruck production shift to clear outstanding orders before dismantling its Texas assembly line around June or July 2027 to expand Cybercab manufacturing.
- Elon Musk hasn’t confirmed whether Tesla will discontinue the Cybertruck or move production elsewhere, but U.S. sales fell 48 percent in 2025 and the pickup has faced 11 recalls since launch.
- Tesla aims to sell its two-seat Cybercab to customers by the end of 2026, following the robotaxi's paid-ride debut in Austin in September.
Tesla is ramping up Cybertruck production before the electric pickup makes way for the company's growing Cybercab operation at its Texas factory.
On Saturday (November 7), Elon Musk announced that Tesla would add an additional shift to its Cybertruck assembly line to fulfill outstanding orders before production winds down at Gigafactory Texas next year.
The announcement came one day after Musk revealed that the automaker plans to dismantle the Cybertruck production line to expand manufacturing of its autonomous 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," Musk wrote Friday (November 6) on X.
Tesla shares reportedly climbed 4.7 percent following the announcement. However, Musk acknowledged that the company still has more Cybertruck orders than it can fulfill under its current production schedule.
"The Cybertruck order backlog is currently far more than Tesla can make before dismantling the line for Cybercab expansion around June/July next year," Musk wrote Saturday. "We will add an extra shift to try to get all orders done in time."
Although Musk hasn't confirmed whether Cybertruck production will end permanently or relocate elsewhere, his responses to users on X suggested the vehicle could be approaching the end of its run.
When one user described the Cybertruck as the "best vehicle Tesla has ever made" and lamented its apparent discontinuation, Musk responded: "True." He also reassured owners that "the Cybertruck fleet will be around for a long time."
The decision marks a significant shift for a vehicle Musk once projected would sell 250,000 units annually. According to Kelley Blue Book data cited by Reuters, Tesla sold 38,965 Cybertrucks in the United States in 2024 before sales dropped to 20,237 in 2025, a 48 percent decline.
The electric pickup has also faced several manufacturing and safety challenges since deliveries began in November 2023, including 11 recalls reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
One recall in 2025 affected more than 46,000 Cybertrucks over exterior trim pieces that could detach while driving. Meanwhile, Tesla is shifting resources toward the Cybercab, its autonomous two-seat robotaxi.
Production reportedly began at Gigafactory Texas in April, with paid robotaxi rides launching in Austin in September. Texas DMV figures indicate approximately 570 Cybercabs are among more than 1,200 Tesla robotaxis operating in the state.
Tesla vice president of vehicle engineering Lars Moravy also said the company intends to begin selling Cybercabs to customers before the end of 2026.
