Clearing The Floor: Tesla Will Wind Down Cybertruck Mid-2027 To Ramp Cybercab At Giga Texas

AUSTIN - Tesla is clearing floor space at Gigafactory Texas for the car that does not need a driver. Elon Musk said on Friday that the company will wind down Cybertruck production there around the middle of next year to make room for more Cybercab 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," Mr. Musk wrote on X. The post did not name a final build date or a new Cybercab capacity target.

Wes Morrill, a Tesla engineer who worked on the Cybertruck, cast the move as a hand-off rather than a burial. "Cybertruck was an incredible technology development platform and lives on through Cybercab," he wrote, thanking the people who built it and the owners who drove it. Sawyer Merritt replied that the pickup introduced industry firsts and that the work now turns to Cybercab.

The timing fits a factory that is already deep into Cybercab output. State records this week listed about 1,244 Tesla robotaxis in Texas, including 573 Cybercabs alongside 671 Model Ys, and Tesla's own production line has at times outpaced how fast the company can put new cars into service.

Cybercab is already the car Tesla is showing the world. A production unit is on the stand at Auto Zürich and at China's import expo in Shanghai this week, and another has just arrived for display in Melbourne and Korea. Rides continue in Austin, with wider Texas maps still expanding.

Mr. Musk's note leaves the pickup's residual life unsaid. What it does say, without hedging, is where Giga Texas floor space is going next: more of the two-seater with no steering wheel and no pedals.