Cheapest Cybertruck Now Costs $109,990 as Tesla Pulls Two Trims
Tesla now sells only the $109,990 Cyberbeast Cybertruck in the US after pulling two cheaper trims. Prices, backlog claims and what waiting buyers face.
The least expensive Cybertruck a US buyer can order now costs $109,990. Tesla has stopped taking orders for the Dual Motor AWD and Premium AWD versions, leaving only the tri-motor Cyberbeast, which just rose another $7,500, Electrek reported.
That entry price is 57% higher than in early August, when the cheapest Cybertruck cost $69,990. New trucks are not an easy way around it: Electrek found no new Cybertrucks in Tesla’s inventory search within 200 miles of Los Angeles, so shoppers who want a cheaper version are left with the used market.
What Tesla’s configurator shows
The two lower trims still appear in Tesla’s US online configurator, but they are greyed out and cannot be selected. With a Los Angeles delivery address, Electrek saw these prices:
- Dual Motor AWD: $82,490, cannot be ordered
- Premium AWD: $92,490, cannot be ordered
- Cyberbeast: $109,990, the only trim available
Tesla made no announcement about pulling the Premium AWD. The configurator simply stopped offering it.
Two price increases in about a week
A week earlier the Cyberbeast cost $102,490, and before that $99,990, so its price climbed $10,000 (10%) in roughly a week. The truck itself has not changed, according to Electrek: 320 miles of estimated range, 11,000 lbs of towing capacity and 0-60 mph in 2.6 seconds.
On Nov. 6, the day Elon Musk announced the end of Cybertruck production, Tesla raised Cybertruck prices by up to 10% and paused orders for the base Dual Motor. That left the $92,490 Premium AWD as the starting point until it, too, disappeared from the order page.
What it means for buyers already waiting
Two days before the latest change, Musk extended Cybertruck production through the end of summer 2027 to work through more of what he called the order backlog. On Monday he said orders “far exceed” production and that Tesla would have to return deposits to a lot of people.
Some people who ordered in February, when Tesla advertised a dual-motor Cybertruck at $59,990 for 10 days only, now have delivery dates pushed into 2027. Tesla has not said whether those orders, or other queued Dual Motor and Premium orders, will be built before production ends. That February price is $50,000 below today’s cheapest Cybertruck.
Sales figures behind the backlog claim
Electrek estimates Tesla delivered 7,000 to 8,000 Cybertrucks in Q3 (the third quarter), a pace of about 30,000 a year, on a line with installed capacity of more than 125,000 units. The outlet argues that dropping the cheaper trims caps the backlog before the line shuts down and steers whatever demand remains toward the most expensive, highest-margin version of the truck.
The new sticker is far from early promises. In 2019, buyers were told the Cybertruck would start at $39,900 and that the tri-motor version would cost $69,900, Electrek noted.
Source: Electrek
