Tesla will make more room for Cybercab by cutting Cybertruck output in Texas

Gigafactory Texas will build fewer Cybertruck pickups to devote more space to the Cybercab robotaxi, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced. The reduction will be gradual and is planned for around mid-2027. Musk disclosed the industrial reorganization in a November 6 post on X. The change is intended to expand the facility's capacity to produce the autonomous vehicle.

Texas accounts for all Cybertruck manufacturing, so the decision affects the only plant currently assembling the pickup. Responding to Tesla followers, Musk said the vehicles already on the road would remain there for a long time. That statement refers to the existing fleet and does not guarantee continued production of the model, which is the subject of the adjustment he announced for the plant.

Wes Morrill, Cybertruck's lead engineer, presented the connection between the two vehicles as one of technological continuity. In his view, the pickup helped develop solutions whose legacy is now passing to Cybercab. In its 2023 annual report, Tesla described Cybertruck as a large electric vehicle with a stainless-steel exterior intended for the consumer pickup market.

Cybertruck made its public debut in November 2019, when Tesla unveiled the project. Musk said advance orders reached 250,000 just days later. Customers began receiving the pickups in November 2023, according to the company's annual report for that year. Four years passed between those milestones, and the first deliveries marked Tesla's entry into that segment of the automotive market.

The industrial adjustment follows a decline in pickup sales. Kelley Blue Book estimated that Cybertruck sales were 48 percent lower in 2025 than in 2024. For January through September of this year, the firm estimated another decline of 28 percent. Tesla reports sales without breaking out each model's commercial results, unlike those Cybertruck-specific estimates. The vehicle was also subject to several recalls over quality problems in the months after its debut.

The brand has also become associated with Musk's political positioning, aligned with U.S. President Donald Trump and right-wing causes. Because of its unconventional design, Cybertruck gained particular visibility amid political divisions in the United States and Europe. Tesla's overall vehicle sales in the European market fell 49 percent in January and February 2025 even as the electric-vehicle sector as a whole grew.