Tesla is preparing to wind down Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas around June or July 2027, while adding an extra shift to try to complete existing orders before the line is dismantled for Cybercab expansion.
The tighter timeline came one day after CEO Elon Musk said Cybertruck production at the Texas factory would be winding down around the middle of next year to “make room for increased Cybercab production.” In a follow-up post on Saturday, Musk said the order backlog is “far more” than Tesla can build before dismantling the line, and said an extra shift would be added to try to finish all orders in time. On Nov. 9, Musk said Tesla would have to refund deposits for many customers and would build as many trucks as possible before shutting down the line in about eight months.
What Tesla has and has not said
Musk’s posts do not include a formal Tesla product bulletin, final build date, final unit count, order cutoff, or statement that Cybertruck assembly will move to another plant.
Reuters reported that Giga Texas is the only known Tesla facility equipped to build the Cybertruck’s specialized components. That leaves a practical distinction: dismantling the only known line points toward the end of regular Cybertruck manufacturing, but Tesla has not published a full discontinuation notice with every operational detail.
Cybertruck lead engineer Wes Morrill later wrote on X that Tesla will maintain spare parts and continue service support for existing vehicles, TeslaNorth reported from the exchange. That answers the most immediate owner question at a high level, but it does not provide a detailed parts timeline, software plan or long-term repair forecast.
The factory tradeoff is Cybertruck versus Cybercab
Tesla’s latest quarterly update lists installed annual manufacturing capacity of more than 125,000 Cybertrucks and more than 125,000 Cybercabs at the Texas plant. Installed capacity shows what the line was designed to support, not what buyers ordered or what Tesla actually built. The same document warns that output depends on equipment uptime, supply, factory upgrades, regulations and other factors.
Cybercab is Tesla’s autonomous ride-hailing vehicle. Tesla’s Robotaxi materials describe it as a two-seat vehicle built without a steering wheel or pedals. The Cybertruck wind-down suggests Tesla sees a better use for Texas production resources in robotaxi expansion than in keeping the pickup line running at current volumes.
Sales data explains the timing
Tesla does not publish Cybertruck deliveries as a separate line item. Its official third-quarter delivery release grouped Cybertruck with “Other Models,” which accounted for 8,295 deliveries out of 486,532 total vehicle deliveries in Q3 2026. Model 3 and Model Y made up nearly all the rest, with 478,237 deliveries.
Independent U.S. sales estimates show the Cybertruck at a much smaller scale than the capacity Tesla lists for Texas. Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book report estimated 4,323 Cybertruck sales in the United States during Q3 2026 and 11,586 through the first nine months of the year, down 28.0% from the same period in 2025.
Reuters, citing Kelley Blue Book, also reported that U.S. Cybertruck sales fell to 20,237 in 2025 from 38,965 in 2024. Those figures are U.S. estimates, not global Tesla delivery totals. They also measure sales, not open orders. Even with those limits, they help explain why a line designed for far higher annual capacity would become vulnerable when another Tesla product needs factory space.
The apparent tension between weak sales and a backlog is less contradictory than it sounds. A backlog can exceed the remaining build window when the production deadline is fixed and Tesla is preparing to dismantle the line. In other words, the extra shift does not necessarily mean Cybertruck demand has recovered; it means Tesla says open orders are larger than what the current remaining schedule can handle.
Questions remain for buyers and owners
Whether Tesla will keep accepting new Cybertruck orders through the wind-down period.
When the extra shift starts and how much output it adds.
How many open orders Tesla will fill and when it will return deposits for the rest.
Whether any Cybertruck assembly continues outside Giga Texas.
How parts availability and software updates will look after new production ends or drops sharply.
For Canadian shoppers and owners, the announcement is not market-specific. Nothing in Musk’s posts describes a separate Canadian plan.
Cybertruck becomes a technology bridge
The Cybertruck launched as Tesla’s most polarizing passenger vehicle: a stainless-steel electric pickup meant to challenge traditional trucks while showing off Tesla engineering. Morrill described the truck as a technology development platform that “lives on through Cybercab,” according to posts reported by TeslaNorth. That framing recasts the Cybertruck less as a long-running pickup line and more as a development step toward Tesla’s robotaxi program.
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