Cybertruck Sales by the Numbers: Why Production Ends in 2027
Tesla says Cybertruck production winds down around mid-2027. We put the verified numbers in one place: US sales by year and quarter, the 11 recalls in federal records, prices then and now, and what Tesla planned.
Last updated: November 7, 2026
The Cybertruck was the most talked-about vehicle reveal of the last decade: a steel wedge that looked nothing like any pickup on the road. On November 6, 2026, Elon Musk said Tesla will wind down production around the middle of next year, about three and a half years after the first deliveries.
Most of the coverage this week repeats one or two figures. This page puts the verified numbers side by side: how many Cybertrucks have been sold, how that compares with the plan, how prices changed, what federal safety records show, and what is still unknown. Every figure links to where it came from.
Key Statistics
- Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production at its Texas factory "around the middle of next year" to make room for more Cybercab robotaxis, Musk posted on X on November 6, 2026. Reuters via NBC News
- About 70,800 Cybertrucks were sold in the US from January 2024 to September 2026: 38,965 in 2024, 20,237 in 2025 and 11,586 in the first nine months of 2026, by Kelley Blue Book estimates. Cox Automotive CNBC
- Before launch, Musk predicted 250,000 sales a year. US sales in 2025 came to about 8% of that. CNBC
- It was still the best-selling electric pickup in the US in the third quarter of 2026, with 4,323 sales, more than twice the Rivian R1T's 1,732. Cox Automotive
- The US safety regulator lists 11 recall campaigns covering the Cybertruck between January 2024 and April 2026. The widest covered 63,619 trucks. (Our count from NHTSA records)
- The cheapest Cybertruck you can order now costs $92,490, up from a promised $39,900 at the 2019 reveal. Electrek Kelley Blue Book
Is the Cybertruck Being Discontinued?
Production is ending at Gigafactory Texas, the only plant that builds it, around mid-2027. Musk announced it in a post on X on November 6, 2026, saying the space is needed for more Cybercab production. Tesla has not said whether the truck will be built anywhere else, so for now the plan reads as the end of the model, with trucks still sold until then.
Reuters reports that the Austin plant is the only known Tesla factory equipped to make the truck's specialized parts, and that Tesla did not answer a request for comment. Musk called the Cybertruck the "best vehicle Tesla has ever made," and replied to one user that "the Cybertruck fleet will be around for a long time," according to CNBC.
Wes Morrill, the truck's lead engineer, framed it as a hand-off: he wrote that the Cybertruck was a technology development platform that "lives on through Cybercab," as quoted by Reuters.
How Many Cybertrucks Have Been Sold?
About 70,800 in the US from January 2024 through September 2026, based on Kelley Blue Book estimates. That leaves out the trucks delivered in late 2023 and sales outside the US. Tesla itself doesn't report Cybertruck sales: it groups them with the Model S, Model X and Semi as "Other Models," so every public number is an estimate.
| Period | US sales (estimate) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38,965 | First full year |
| 2025 | 20,237 | Down 48% |
| Q1 2026 | 3,519 | |
| Q2 2026 | 3,744 | |
| Q3 2026 | 4,323 | Down 19.7% on Q3 2025 |
| Jan to Sep 2026 | 11,586 | Down 28.0% |
Sources: Cox Automotive Q3 2026 EV Sales Report (estimates as of October 13, 2026), Kelley Blue Book, and the 2024 and 2025 totals as reported by CNBC.
Two other sources point to a similar total. Electrek estimates about 70,000 Cybertrucks delivered in three years Electrek. And federal recall filings, which list how many vehicles each recall covers, put the number of 2024 to 2026 model year Cybertrucks at 63,619 in October 2025 (more on that below).
Some of those buyers were close to home. CNBC reports that SpaceX bought Cybertrucks worth $131 million at Tesla's suggested retail price last year, according to a SpaceX financial filing.
How Do Cybertruck Sales Compare With the Plan?
Far below it. Musk predicted annual sales would eventually reach 250,000, and Tesla's latest quarterly update lists more than 125,000 trucks a year of installed capacity in Texas. US sales of 20,237 in 2025 equal about 8% of the prediction and about 16% of the installed capacity.
| Measure | Number | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Orders the day after the reveal | 146,000 | Musk, via Electrek (2019) |
| Predicted yearly sales | 250,000 | CNBC |
| Installed yearly capacity | Over 125,000 | Tesla Q3 2026 Update |
| Best year of US sales (2024) | 38,965 | CNBC |
| US sales in 2025 | 20,237 | CNBC |
Orders at the reveal were $100 refundable deposits, so they never measured firm demand. Tesla's footnote also warns that installed capacity is not the same as the actual production rate.
Tesla's own delivery report shows the same slide from a different angle. "Other Models" deliveries, the group that includes the Cybertruck, fell to 8,295 in the third quarter of 2026, down 48% from a year earlier, while Model 3 and Model Y deliveries reached 478,237 Tesla Q3 2026 deliveries. Model S and Model X production ended in April 2026, according to Electrek, so part of that drop has another cause.
Was the Cybertruck Still Selling Better Than Other Electric Pickups?
Yes. In the third quarter of 2026 the Cybertruck outsold every other electric pickup in the US, by Kelley Blue Book estimates. Its sales also fell less than the electric car market as a whole: total US EV sales dropped 39.5% year over year in that quarter, while Cybertruck sales fell 19.7%. The whole category is small.
| Electric pickup | US sales, Q3 2026 | Q3 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Tesla Cybertruck | 4,323 | 5,385 |
| Rivian R1T | 1,732 | 2,378 |
| GMC Sierra EV | 1,661 | 3,374 |
| Chevrolet Silverado EV | 1,655 | 3,940 |
| GMC Hummer EV (truck and SUV) | 1,423 | 5,246 |
| Ford F-150 Lightning | 289 | 10,005 |
Source: Cox Automotive Q3 2026 EV Sales Report. All figures are estimates.
So the Cybertruck is ending as the leader of a segment that never took off. Automotive analyst Felipe Munoz told Reuters that electric pickups from several makers "lost the competition because electric pick ups aren't popular in the US." For scale, Cox counts 4,323 Cybertrucks in a quarter in which Tesla sold 99,037 Model Ys in the US.
How Much Does a Cybertruck Cost Now?
The cheapest Cybertruck you can order today is the Premium AWD at $92,490. Tesla raised prices on November 6, the same day it announced the wind-down, and stopped taking orders for the cheaper Dual Motor AWD, according to Electrek. At the 2019 reveal, Tesla promised a starting price of $39,900. The cheapest orderable truck now costs more than twice that.
| Version | 2019 promise | August 2026 | November 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry (single or dual motor) | $39,900 | $74,990 | $82,490, not orderable |
| Dual motor | $49,900 | $84,990 (Premium AWD) | $92,490 |
| Top version | $69,900 (tri-motor) | $99,990 (Cyberbeast) | $102,490 |
Sources: 2019 prices from Kelley Blue Book; 2026 prices from Electrek, read from Tesla's US configurator. The rows match trims by position; the 2019 versions were not the same trucks Tesla sells today.
The path from the 2019 promise to today was not a straight line. At the November 2023 delivery event, Tesla priced its cheapest version at $60,990, due in 2025 TechCrunch. A cheaper rear-wheel-drive version arrived in 2025 and was pulled months later, and in August 2026 prices rose $5,000 Kelley Blue Book.
How Many Times Has the Cybertruck Been Recalled?
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration lists 11 recall campaigns that cover the Cybertruck, filed between January 2024 and April 2026. Nine apply only to the Cybertruck; two also cover other Tesla models. Four were fixed with a free over-the-air software update, and seven needed a visit to Tesla service.
We pulled every campaign for the 2024, 2025 and 2026 model years from NHTSA's public recall data on November 7, 2026. These are the nine Cybertruck-only recalls:
| Filed | Problem | Trucks covered | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2024 | Accelerator pedal pad can come loose and get stuck | 3,878 | Service |
| Jun 2024 | Windshield wiper motor can fail | 11,688 | Service |
| Jun 2024 | Trim panel on the truck bed can come loose | 12,150 | Service |
| Sep 2024 | Rearview camera image can be delayed | 27,185 | Software |
| Nov 2024 | Drive inverter fault can cut power to the wheels | 2,431 | Service |
| Mar 2025 | Light bar can come loose and detach | 46,096 | Service |
| Oct 2025 | Front parking lights too bright for other drivers | 63,619 | Software |
| Oct 2025 | Accessory light bar can detach | 6,197 | Service |
| Apr 2026 | Steel wheel stud holes can crack | 173 | Service |
Source: NHTSA recall records, campaign numbers 24V276 to 26V255. The two shared recalls fixed warning light text size (January 2024) and the tire pressure warning (December 2024), both by software.
The "trucks covered" column doubles as the best public count of how many Cybertrucks were built for the US. Tesla must tell the regulator how many vehicles each recall could affect. In March 2025 that was 46,096 trucks from the 2024 and 2025 model years; by October 2025 it was 63,619 from 2024 to 2026.
NHTSA also holds 214 owner complaints about the Cybertruck across the three model years. The most common topics are the electrical system (65) and the body structure (41). Complaints are unverified reports from owners, not findings, and one complaint can name several systems.
What Is the Cybercab, and Why Does It Get the Space?
The Cybercab is Tesla's two-seat robotaxi, with no steering wheel or pedals, built in the same Texas factory. Tesla started giving paid robotaxi rides in Cybercabs in Austin on September 3, 2026, and its latest quarterly update lists more than 125,000 Cybercabs a year of installed capacity in Texas, the same figure it lists for the Cybertruck.
Tesla's bet is that a car without a driver earns more from rides than a pickup earns from a sale. Reuters notes that the US safety regulator is still asking whether Tesla properly self-certified the Cybercab against federal safety standards Reuters via NBC News. If you write about AI and travel, our page on how often people actually let AI agents book rides and orders shows how early that habit still is.
Why Did the Cybertruck Fall Short?
There's no single official reason, and Tesla hasn't given one beyond needing the space. The reported factors are a price far above the original promise, specifications that fell short of early claims and in some cases of gas pickups, a run of recalls, and markets it could never enter, such as Europe, where pedestrian-safety rules shut it out.
Former Aston Martin chief executive Andy Palmer told Reuters that "it doesn't make sense to keep it going when it's not meeting its targets," and that anywhere with pedestrian-impact crash rules, the Cybertruck "won't go, can't go." Tesla canceled plans to sell it in Australia and New Zealand in October 2026, according to Electrek.
The design is the other half of the story. The flat steel panels that made it instantly recognizable also limited where it could be sold and how cheaply it could be built. It's a useful case for anyone who writes about product design: a shape can win attention for years and still not win buyers. We looked at a similar question for Apple in what a touchscreen MacBook Pro means for website design.
Cybertruck Timeline
| Date | What happened |
|---|---|
| November 21, 2019 | Cybertruck revealed; Musk reports 146,000 orders the next day |
| November 30, 2023 | First deliveries at Gigafactory Texas, cheapest version priced at $60,990 |
| 2024 | Best sales year: 38,965 in the US; seven recall campaigns |
| 2025 | US sales fall 48% to 20,237; cheaper rear-wheel-drive version added, then removed |
| August 2026 | Prices rise $5,000 |
| October 2026 | Plans for Australia and New Zealand canceled |
| November 6, 2026 | Musk announces the wind-down; prices rise again |
| Mid-2027 | Production expected to wind down at Gigafactory Texas |
What to Watch Next
Three questions are still open. Tesla hasn't said whether the Cybertruck will be built anywhere else, how long it will keep selling remaining trucks, or how long it will supply parts and service for owners. Kelley Blue Book notes the parts and service question directly.
The next data points are Tesla's fourth-quarter delivery report in early January 2027 and Cox Automotive's fourth-quarter EV sales estimates soon after. Price changes since the announcement are another signal: raising prices on a model that is ending suggests Tesla expects to sell fewer trucks at a higher margin rather than chase volume. We'll update this page when Tesla confirms any of these points.
Methodology and Sources
Sales figures are Kelley Blue Book estimates published by Cox Automotive, because Tesla doesn't report Cybertruck sales separately. Recall and complaint counts are our own, from the public NHTSA recall and complaint data for Tesla Cybertruck model years 2024, 2025 and 2026, pulled on November 7, 2026. We counted each recall campaign once, even when it covers several model years. Prices come from Electrek's reading of Tesla's US configurator on November 6, 2026.
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