The day you all have been waiting for is finally here – The Tesla Cybertruck is officially dead!
CEO (and mastermind of whatever that thing was) Elon Musk revealed the news on X, saying that “Tesla will be winding down production of the Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year to make room for increased Cybertruck production.”
Tesla will be winding down production of the Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year to make room for increased Cybercab production
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 6, 2026
To no surprise, the Cybertruck’s decline largely stems from weak sales over its first four years. WIRED notes that despite Musk’s claim that there were more than a million reservations, the truck sold fewer than 50,000 units in total by March, 2025.
According to Reuters, Kelly Blue Book data suggests Tesla sold only 20,237 Cybertrucks in the US last year, which is down 48 per cent from the 38,965 sold in 2024. North of the border, data from Transport Canada suggested that Tesla had sold fewer than 2,000 between 2024 and 2025. Ironically, Musk had predicted annual sales of 250,000 units.
The announcement also came only minutes after Musk raised the Cybertruck price in both the US and Canada, with the price rising to C$142,886.
Interestingly, former Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer spoke to Reuters and quipped that “It doesn’t make sense to keep it going when it’s not meeting its targets. Every rational auto guy would say the same.”
To put it lightly, the Cybertruck has had a pretty tumultuous existence. When Elon Musk first stepped on stage to show off the Halo-looking thing, he tried to demonstrate the strength of the “unbreakable” glass by throwing a steel ball at it, and (shocker), it broke.
The Cybertruck has also had quite a few recalls throughout its history. The first recall was because the accelerator pedal was getting stuck due to an unapproved lubricant that reduced the pedal’s retention, and perhaps the most famous one was when the glued-on stainless steel trim on the front of the truck would just fall off after the elements got to it.
This is yet another move that signals Tesla is shifting away from being an automotive-only company, and towards being an AI and robotics company. Although the Cybercab is still a small project, Musk clearly sees this as the way forward for the company, and is scrapping his ridiculous fantasy truck to do it.
Rest easy, Cybertruck. You were strange, but fun to laugh at.
Sources: Elon Musk on X via WIRED, Reuters
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