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Tesla plans to wind down Cybertruck production at its Texas Gigafactory around mid-2027 to make room for more Cybercab production, Elon Musk said Friday on X.
The production shift would redirect space at the Austin plant from Tesla’s stainless-steel electric pickup toward the vehicle at the center of its robotaxi ambitions.
The future of Cybertruck manufacturing beyond that factory remains unclear: production could move elsewhere or end. The Texas plant is the only known Tesla facility equipped to manufacture the model’s specialized components.
Cybercab takes more of the factory floor
Musk’s plan puts the factory’s next phase behind Cybercab, the autonomous vehicle he has made central to Tesla’s push into self-driving transport. The timetable is around the middle of 2027, rather than an immediate halt to the truck line.
Cybertruck lead engineer Wes Morrill pointed to a technical link between the two vehicles. “Cybertruck was an incredible technology development platform and lives on through Cybercab,” he said on X.
The pickup launched in 2023 as Tesla’s entry into a truck market long dominated by established manufacturers such as Ford. It has struggled to reach the mass-market audience Musk once envisioned, while facing recalls, quality-control issues and repeated price changes.
The planned Texas wind-down is another step in Musk’s effort to turn Tesla from a vehicle maker into a company built around robotics and self-driving services, with Cybercab intended as the main autonomous model in a wider driverless network.
JBizNews Desk | Austin
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