Tesla to Wind Down Cybertruck Production at Gigafactory Texas by Mid-2027

Elon Musk announced on X on Thursday that Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of 2027, freeing up factory floor space for increased output of the Cybercab robotaxi. Musk did not say whether Cybertruck production would move to another facility or whether the model is being retired outright — Gigafactory Texas is currently the only plant building the truck.

The move marks the quiet end of one of Tesla's most polarizing products, roughly four years after customer deliveries began, and comes as the company narrows its vehicle lineup to make room for autonomous-driving hardware it is betting its future on.

From $39,900 promise to disappointing sales

The Cybertruck was unveiled in November 2019 with a promised starting price of $39,900, a figure that became impossible to hit by the time customer deliveries actually began in November 2023 at a considerably higher price point. Tesla had once targeted annual production of 250,000 units. Actual sales fell well short: Kelley Blue Book estimates just 11,586 US sales in the first nine months of 2026, down 28% from the same period in 2025, while Car and Driver puts cumulative US sales at just under 71,000 since launch. The truck has also faced multiple recalls and persistent quality-control complaints, and its angular, stainless-steel design divided buyers rather than winning them over at scale.

Making room for the robotaxi bet

The timing lines up with Tesla's broader strategic pivot. The company has already discontinued the Model S and Model X as it narrows its consumer lineup, and the long-delayed second-generation Roadster is reportedly getting closer to production. The Cybercab — a purpose-built, two-seat robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals — represents Musk's clearest bet that Tesla's future lies in autonomous ride-hailing rather than selling vehicles to individual owners. Freeing up Gigafactory Texas floor space for Cybercab production suggests Tesla expects robotaxi demand, or at least its own operational needs for a self-owned robotaxi fleet, to outstrip what a Cybertruck production line could otherwise generate in revenue.

What's still unknown

Musk's post left significant questions unanswered: there's no confirmed hard stop date beyond "around the middle" of 2027, no word on existing order backlogs, and no clarity on whether Cybertruck production could resume at a different facility later. Some analysts have noted that winding down production at one factory is not the same as ending the vehicle program entirely, though Tesla's narrowing lineup and the scale of the pivot toward Cybercab make a full retirement look increasingly likely. For buyers still considering a Cybertruck, Musk's timeline leaves roughly the first half of 2027 as the practical window to order one built at Gigafactory Texas, as first reported by Motor1.