Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production in Texas by mid-2027 to make room for Cybercab

Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of 2027 "to make room for increased Cybercab production," Elon Musk wrote on X early on Nov. 6, as quoted by Electrek. He did not say whether the pickup would be built anywhere else. The two-seat robotaxi is already made at the Texas plant, alongside the Model Y, CNBC reports.

The truck's sales explain the timing better than floor space does. Cox Automotive estimated US Cybertruck sales at 20,237 in 2025, down 48% from 38,965 in 2024, according to CNBC; Musk had predicted 250,000 a year before launch. Electrek reads Tesla's latest shareholder letter as listing more than 125,000 units of installed Cybertruck capacity, and puts the current pace near 30,000 trucks a year. The robotaxi it is making room for had 463 cars registered in Texas as of late October, per Electrek, and Tesla built a separate line for it.

So the date matters more than the reason. By mid-2027, the Cybercab needs riders for far more cars than the few hundred registered today for the freed room to be used. In mid-October, the Austin service still paused for six hours overnight. "The Cybertruck fleet will be around for a long time," Musk replied to one user, CNBC reports.

Electrek notes that Tesla gave the same reason when it ended Model S and Model X production this year to free Fremont for Optimus, where the first robots still go to Tesla itself.