Elon Musk’s Tesla plans to stop building the Cybertruck at its Austin, Texas, factory around mid-2027, Musk said in a post on X on Friday.
\n\nThe New York Post reports that Musk said the move would free up capacity at the Texas plant to ramp up production of the Cybercab, Tesla’s newly launched autonomous vehicle. Whether Cybertruck production moves to another Tesla facility or simply ends isn’t clear yet. Austin is currently the only known Tesla plant equipped to make the truck’s specialized components.
\n\nMusk, responding to a user on X, called the Cybertruck the “best vehicle Tesla has ever made” and said the “Cybertruck fleet will be around for a long time,” while not disputing the wind-down as the “end of an era.”
\n\nWes Morrill, the Cybertruck’s lead engineer, posted on X that the “Cybertruck was an incredible technology development platform and lives on through Cybercab.”
\n\nTesla unveiled the Cybertruck in 2023, with Musk pitching it as a rival to pickups from General Motors and Ford. Its angular, stainless-steel design split opinion from the start, and regulators in parts of Europe have made approval difficult, keeping the truck out of some major markets. The vehicle has also been hit…
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