Elon Musk said Friday that Tesla will wind down production of the Cybertruck in 2027, ending the run of the angular, stainless-steel pickup that has struggled to find buyers since its 2023 launch. Musk made the announcement on X, and the news was confirmed by CBS News and CNBC.

Production will wind down around mid-2027 at Gigafactory Texas, the only plant that builds the truck. Musk said the move frees up capacity for Tesla's Cybercab robotaxi, which the company is racing to scale up. He did not say whether the Cybertruck is being discontinued entirely or could eventually move to another factory.

The numbers behind the decision

Tesla sold 20,237 Cybertrucks in 2025, down sharply from 38,965 the year before, according to Kelley Blue Book figures cited by CBS News. That's a steep fall from the roughly 250,000 units a year Tesla had once targeted for the truck — and, as Electrek points out, works out to selling at only about a tenth of that original plan.

Around the same time as the Cybertruck announcement, Tesla also stopped taking new orders for the entry-level Dual-Motor All-Wheel-Drive trim, the cheapest version of the truck, suggesting the wind-down is already underway on the sales side even before factory output slows.

SOLD ABOUT 10% OF ITS PLANNED ANNUAL VOLUME

Musk has staked much of Tesla's near-term future on the Cybercab and on autonomous ride-hailing more broadly, and freeing up Gigafactory Texas floor space reads as a signal of where the company's priorities now sit. What happens to Cybertruck owners seeking parts and service after the wind-down, and whether any version of the truck survives past 2027, remains unclear.