We finally got some good news from Tesla. No, it’s not an actual functional Roadster model. No, it’s not fully functioning autonomous driving. The Cybertruck is finally getting discontinued.
The Gigafactory in Texas will be “winding down” production of the repulsive EV to make room for the Cybercab instead, another one of Tesla’s underwhelming creations that’s not even remotely lived up to the claims from CEO Elon Musk.
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
Despite Musk’s continued boasting and raving about the Cybertruck (and his fans saying how completely awesome it is), nobody actually bought it. Even when the price was drastically reduced.
The sad life of the Cybertruck
The Cybertruck was initially unveiled in 2019. The originally promised launch date was 2021. That obviously didn’t happen.
While weird Tesla-obsessed guys waited for the hideous, metal, fingerprint-covered dumpster to arrive, Musk made all kinds of nonsensical claims. Marketing focused on the idea that it was “built for any planet,” boasting endless off-roading capabilities and a 500-mile range.
The Cybertruck finally arrived in late 2023, and it was way above the $40,000 that he originally promised, and the range was over 100 miles short of those claims. Despite this, Musk predicted that Tesla would sell 250,000 of these things a year. He even started calling the Texas factory the “Cybertruck Factory.” I don’t blame him sometimes. He could tell people that the 7,000-pound vehicle could flat like a boat, and his freaky followers would believe him. Oh wait, that did happen. So he had no reason to believe he wouldn’t sell hundreds of thousands of these ugly, incapable trucks a year.
Over the past three years, the Cybertruck has only sold around 70,000 units. Even when Musk desperately scrambled to sell cheaper versions and limited-edition versions, nobody was very interested. Countless videos show Cybertrucks getting stuck in puddles, on tiny hills, in sand, and everywhere else. The quality has come under fire countless times, with recalls and concerns around every shiny, smudged corner.
The Cybertruck became less of a “late civilization vibe” and more of a sign of MAGA, capitalism, and brainwashing. As Musk tried to use his money to skew U.S. politics, vandals kept targeting Cybertrucks. They spray-painted them and set them on fire.
Said one Cybertruck owner to Autopian: “I’ve received late-night hate messages and threats, been flipped off, ‘coal-rolled,’ and had people deliberately slow down in front of me. But I’m not a pushover, and I confront this behavior directly.”
You can tell Tesla fans that a car will do a barrel roll over a Tesla Semi and they’ll beg to lose a $50,000 deposit. But it seems the Cybertruck was somehow the vehicle that took things too far, even for those that believe blind people should use FSD.
Musk nor his followers will ever admit the Cybertruck was a huge failure. Similar to religious zealots, anything can be twisted to defend their own views if you believe. Those low sales? That’s just because the Cybertruck was too expensive for brokies! Everyone would have a Cybertruck if they could afford it. Hence why most rich people have, well, basically any other vehicle. Well, uh, it’s because they hate Musk! They hate his genius! Yes, not many of us will humiliate ourselves in a barely functioning metal dumpster for the sake of a random trillionaire. I’ll leave that to you guys.
Goodbye Cybertruck, hello Cybercab
At this point, Tesla is nearly done selling cars at all. The Cybertruck is gone, as are the Model S and Model X. All that’s left is the Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y.
But Musk has made it pretty clear: cars are so not the future. Autonomous stuff and AI are the future! Most of Tesla’s plans revolve around the Optimus robot and pedal-less Cybercab.
I don’t want to harp on the Cybercab in an article that’s meant to be about the Cybertruck, but we all know how I feel about it. Musk has continuously made massive claims about Tesla’s robotaxi service, but it’s barely functioning years later. The few Cybercabs that are taking customers aren’t actually autonomous. They use FSD, a Level 2+ driving-assistance program that relies only on cameras. I am not sure why this is even legal.
It’s all a huge mess. Aside from the bubble that Tesla fans are living in, I don’t think anyone else is too excited about the hideous and underperforming Cybercabs. But Tesla has endless money to do a bunch of dumb crap for a while, so I guess this is worth the risk on their end.
