Tesla Ends Cybertruck Production Next Year, Drops Entry Trim
Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production in Texas next year and use the space for Cybercabs. Prices for the remaining trims rose to $92,490 and $102,490.
Tesla will stop building the Cybertruck next year, CEO Elon Musk confirmed in a post on X, according to InsideEVs. Production at the company’s Gigafactory in Texas is set to begin winding down next summer, and Tesla plans to fill the freed floor space with more Cybercabs, its driverless robotaxi.
The decision ends the angular, unpainted pickup after less than four years on sale. At about the same time, Tesla stopped accepting orders for the cheapest version of the truck and raised prices on the two trims that are left.
Fewer trims and higher prices for buyers
The entry-level Dual-Motor All-Wheel Drive Cybertruck can no longer be ordered on Tesla’s website, InsideEVs reported. Shoppers can now choose only between the Premium and Cyberbeast versions.
Both cost more than they did. The Premium AWD now starts at $92,490, compared with $89,990 before. The Cyberbeast, the top trim, is now $102,490, up from $99,990. Tesla made a similar price increase in August.
How the Cybertruck sold
Tesla first showed the Cybertruck as a concept in 2019 and began selling it at the end of 2023. Demand jumped early in the production run and then faded, according to InsideEVs, and sales never reached the levels Musk and the company had talked about when the truck was unveiled.
Tesla does not report Cybertruck sales on their own. Cox Automotive data puts third-quarter sales this year at 4,323, and sales from January through September at 11,586. Industry estimates of total Cybertruck deliveries since launch come to roughly 70,000.
Those numbers are small next to the Model 3 and Model Y, which together sell in the hundreds of thousands each quarter.
What it means for owners and the EV pickup market
People who already own a Cybertruck will be driving a model that is going out of production. Tesla has not said anything in its announcement about parts supply, service or software support after production ends, and those details were not disclosed.
The move adds to a rough stretch for electric pickups. Ford ended the F-150 Lightning last year after weak sales and rising costs, InsideEVs noted, and now Tesla is pulling back from the segment as well.
For Tesla, the change is a shift in factory priorities. The Texas plant space that built the truck will go to the Cybercab, the company’s robotaxi project.
The truck did bring some engineering that was unusual for a mass-market vehicle. It uses steer-by-wire, which replaces the mechanical link between the steering wheel and the front wheels with electronic controls, and a 48-volt low-voltage electrical architecture. Whether other automakers pick up those systems is an open question.
What happens next
Production is scheduled to start winding down next summer, with the pickup leaving the lineup in the middle of 2027, according to the report. Until then, Tesla is still taking orders for the Premium and Cyberbeast trims at the new prices. Tesla has not announced an exact final build date.
Source: InsideEVs
