Cybertruck

Elon Musk unveiled the Tesla Cybertruck on Nov 21, 2019, from $39,900 with production in late 2021. It reached customers on Nov 30, 2023 at higher prices, and on Nov 6, 2026 Musk said Tesla will wind down its production around mid-2027.

27:06 As of Nov 9, 2026, the Cybertruck is on sale but its end is set: on Nov 6, 2026 Musk posted that Tesla "will be winding down production of the Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas" around the middle of next year, to make room for more Cybercab robotaxis (X). The truck he unveiled on Nov 21, 2019 was promised from $39,900, with up to 500 miles of range and production in late 2021. It reached its first owners two years late, at Tesla's delivery event in Austin on Nov 30, 2023, where Musk ended his demonstration with "deliveries begin now", and at prices from about $61,000 to $100,000.

Status: Changed. Last checked: Nov 9, 2026.

Quick facts

Maker	Tesla
Unveiled	Nov 21, 2019, at $39,900 to about $70,000 (Engadget)
First deliveries	Nov 30, 2023, Gigafactory Texas
Launch prices	About $61,000 to $99,990 (CNBC)
US sales	38,965 in 2024 and 20,237 in 2025, per Cox Automotive (CNBC)
Production	Winding down around mid-2027 (Musk on X)

The 2019 unveiling

2:42 Musk showed the Cybertruck on Nov 21, 2019 as a stainless steel "exoskeleton" with "Tesla Armor Glass", which shattered when Franz von Holzhausen tested it on stage. In The Verge's cut of the event, he presents three versions, Supercharging above 250 kW and Autopilot as standard, then says the prices on screen were "the price without any incentives." Engadget recorded the numbers: a single-motor truck from $39,900 with 250+ miles of range, a dual-motor version $10,000 more with 300+ miles, a tri-motor just under $70,000 with 500+ miles, towing of more than 14,000 pounds, 0 to 60 mph in under 2.9 seconds, $100 to reserve, and production from late 2021, the tri-motor likely in 2022.

The promises

Promised	When he said it	What happened
From $39,900 (single motor), $49,900 (dual), about $70,000 (tri)	Nov 21, 2019 (Engadget)	Launch prices about $61,000 (rear drive, for 2025), about $80,000 (all-wheel drive) and $99,990 (Cyberbeast) (CNBC)
Up to 500+ miles of range	Nov 21, 2019 (Engadget)	Estimated 250, 340 and 320 miles by trim at launch (CNBC)
Production in late 2021	Nov 21, 2019 (Engadget)	First deliveries Nov 30, 2023 (Tesla)
About 250,000 a year from 2025	Oct 18, 2023, Q3 earnings call (TechCrunch)	38,965 sold in the US in 2024 and 20,237 in 2025, per Cox Automotive (CNBC)
Sales outside North America	2024 shareholder meeting, "sometime next year" (Electrek)	Australia and New Zealand canceled on Oct 23, 2026 (Electrek)
Production winding down around mid-2027	Nov 6, 2026 (X)	Not yet due

From reservations to deliveries

Reservations came fast: CNBC counted more than one million by the delivery event (CNBC). Production slipped past 2021 and 2022, and on the Oct 18, 2023 earnings call, six weeks before the first deliveries, Musk said "we dug our own grave with Cybertruck" and that it would take a year or more to contribute meaningful cash flow (CNBC). On the same call he put the Texas factory's eventual output at about 250,000 trucks a year, starting in 2025 (TechCrunch).

At the Nov 30, 2023 event in Austin, Musk called the truck "our best product" and handed the first ones to owners. Tesla's site priced the all-wheel-drive truck at about $80,000 and the tri-motor Cyberbeast at $99,990, both for 2024, with the cheapest, rear-drive model at $60,990 promised for 2025; a $250 deposit replaced the old $100 one (CNBC).

What happened since

2024: The 2024 model year had 11 voluntary recalls, among them a pedal that could stick and an inverter fault that could cut drive power, per NHTSA records summarized by CNBC. Cox Automotive estimated 38,965 US sales for the year.
Mar 2025: Tesla recalled 46,096 trucks, every one built from Nov 13, 2023 to Feb 27, 2025, because an exterior stainless steel panel could come loose; no crashes or injuries were known (Engadget).
Apr to Sep 2025: A rear-wheel-drive Cybertruck went on sale in April without air suspension, the powered tonneau cover or the bed outlets, and was discontinued less than five months later (Electrek).
2025: US sales fell to 20,237, per Cox Automotive, and a SpaceX filing showed SpaceX bought about $131 million of Cybertrucks that year (CNBC).
Feb 19, 2026: Tesla offered the dual-motor truck at $59,990, its lowest Cybertruck price, and Musk replied that it was "only for the next 10 days" (Electrek). By Aug 2026 the dual-motor truck started at $74,990 after a $5,000 increase (Electrek).
Oct 2, 2026: Tesla delivered 8,295 "Other Models" in Q3 2026, a group that includes the Cybertruck and the Semi, since Tesla does not report the Cybertruck alone (Tesla). Its Q3 2026 update still lists more than 125,000 trucks a year of installed capacity in Texas.
Oct 23, 2026: Tesla emailed reservation holders in Australia and New Zealand that plans to build the truck for them "have been discontinued," with refunds within 30 days (Electrek).
Nov 6, 2026: Musk announced the mid-2027 wind-down in Texas. Replying on X, he called it the "best vehicle Tesla has ever made" and said "the Cybertruck fleet will be around for a long time"; he did not say whether it would be built anywhere else (CNBC, TechCrunch). The space goes to the Cybercab, built in the same plant.
Nov 9, 2026: Musk posted that "the Cybertruck order rate far exceeds our production rate" and that Tesla will build as many as it can before "shutting down the line in about 8 months, but will have to return deposits for a lot of people." He said the decision was not because the truck is unprofitable but because of "the opportunity cost of the complexity of Cybertruck" against more Cybercab production (X). Tesla has published no count of the deposits it will return.

The status is Changed: the truck Musk announced exists and was delivered, but at prices roughly 40% to 60% above the 2019 figures, with no version reaching 500 miles, and at a fraction of the 250,000 a year he forecast.

We think

We think no Cybertruck will be built after Sep 2027, at Gigafactory Texas or anywhere else. Musk tied the wind-down to Cybercab space in the only plant that makes the truck, Tesla has never built it for right-hand-drive markets, and on Oct 23, 2026 it canceled the truck for Australia and New Zealand.

Confidence: Likely. Check by: Dec 2027.

We expect Tesla not to announce a new pickup to replace the Cybertruck before its production ends. Every product the space is being cleared for is a robotaxi or a robot: the Model S and X lines went to Optimus earlier in 2026, and the Cybertruck line goes to the Cybercab.

Confidence: Possible. Check by: Sep 2027.