Tesla will wind down production of the Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas "around the middle of next year to make room for increased Cybercab production", Elon Musk wrote on X at 06:30 UTC on 6 November 2026. Half an hour later Wes Morrill, the truck's lead engineer, replied that the Cybertruck "was an incredible technology development platform and lives on through Cybercab", and thanked its owners.
Musk did not say whether the pickup will be built anywhere else. The Austin plant is the only Tesla factory known to be equipped for its specialised components, Reuters notes, and Tesla did not answer the agency's request for comment. Morrill's message reads as a farewell, not a relocation.
A price rise first
About 85 minutes before Musk's post, Tesla raised US Cybertruck prices and stopped taking orders for the cheapest version, as Sawyer Merritt and Tesla Newswire reported from the configurator:
| Trim | Since 25 August | From 6 November | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dual Motor AWD | $74,990 | $82,490 | +$7,500, new orders paused |
| Premium AWD | $84,990 | $92,490 | +$7,500 (+8.8%) |
| Cyberbeast | $99,990 | $102,490 | +$2,500 (+2.5%) |
The Dual Motor launched at a promotional $59,990 in February. After the $5,000 rise in August and this one, its list price is $22,500 higher, and it cannot be ordered at all. The trucks still to be built will be the dearer ones.
The numbers behind it
Tesla does not report Cybertruck sales on their own. The truck sits in "other models" with the Model S, Model X and Semi, and that line has shrunk all year:
| 2026 | Other models delivered |
|---|---|
| First quarter | 16,130 |
| Second quarter | 12,364 |
| Third quarter | 8,295 |
The Model S and X went first: their production at Fremont ended in May, and their line now builds Optimus. The Cybertruck follows the same pattern: a slow seller's floor space goes to a new product. Musk once spoke of 250,000 Cybertrucks a year.
The product taking its place is already in production. In October Tesla said the Cybercab line outpaces deployments and does not run every day, and the Texas register of automated vehicles listed 573 Cybercabs on 2 November. More Cybercab output is therefore a bet that robotaxi deployments will catch up with the factory.
What it means in Europe
Tesla never sold the Cybertruck in Europe, where approval proved difficult, Reuters notes, and in October it cancelled the truck for Australia and New Zealand. The only European route is private import. Bavarian police stopped a Polish-registered truck in October, and on 5 November two Swiss firms said they plan to sell an approved version from 2027, using near-new used trucks from about CHF 155,000.
If production winds down around mid-2027, that project will be selling a truck Tesla no longer builds, just as it hopes to open. The question for every owner is parts. Tesla has said nothing yet about how long it will support a pickup that only one of its plants is known to be able to make.
Update: 2026-11-06
Tesla's lead engineer on the truck had already answered the support question raised above. At 07:11 UTC on 6 November, an owner asked Wes Morrill on X whether owners would "continue to have long lasting support". Morrill replied at 07:36 UTC: "Yes, of course! Tesla will maintain spare parts and service will continue support." He did not say for how long, and Tesla has made no formal statement on Cybertruck parts or service.