Cybertruck’s run to end by mid-2027 as Tesla shifts to Cybercab, refunds deposits

Elon Musk has confirmed Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production at its Gigafactory Texas facility around mid-2027, and the company will refund deposits to many of the roughly one million people who reserved the truck. Musk once called the Cybertruck Tesla’s best product ever.

Thousands of Cybertruck buyers won’t receive their vehicles before production ends. Elon Musk expects to phase out the model and redirect manufacturing capacity to the autonomous Cybercab program, the company’s robotaxi. Reuters reported that demand exceeds production, which is why so many reservation holders will be turned away with refunds.

Cybertruck’s final stretch

TESLARATI noted that Musk keeps offering new reasons for the cancellation, but some of them, and the process the company is choosing, don’t make a lot of sense. The Times of India quoted Musk saying Tesla was ‘winding down’ the truck. Hindustan Times reported that Tesla will refund deposits on unfulfilled orders, leaving thousands of buyers out of luck.

The wind-down at the Texas plant will happen around the middle of 2027, freeing up space for increased Cybercab output. The Cybercab is Tesla’s purpose-built autonomous taxi, and the shift marks the company’s clearest bet yet on robotaxis over unconventional consumer vehicles. It also means the angular stainless-steel Cybertruck, which generated enormous hype when it launched, will have had a short production run.

Castles, land buys and shouting matches

Outside the factory, Musk has been making grand claims about artificial intelligence. In remarks carried by AOL, he predicted a future of abundance where superintelligence gives everyone ‘universal extremely high income,’ amazing healthcare, and a castle if they want one — AI would build whatever people wish for.

He also acknowledged Larry Page’s accurate prediction that computing could move to orbital locations. The discussion emerged from a retelling by Patrick O’Shaughnessy, per The Times of India. Page, the Google co-founder, once said he would give his fortune to the Tesla CEO.

Elon Musk’s week has been noisy outside tech, too. The New York Post reported he warned of an ‘oppressive’ government after newly elected Texas governor Gina Hinojosa’s first move targeted the man who moved two of America’s biggest companies, Tesla and SpaceX, to the Lone Star state — blocking land buys. Robert De Niro took a pointed jab at Musk over his spending on the recent midterm elections during a New York screening of the documentary ‘Musk.’

Musk also hit back at comedian Dave Chappelle after a clip surfaced of Chappelle joking that Charlie Kirk’s murder made him ‘feel better,’ a remark Musk called ‘beyond disgusting.’ And he expressed support for X user Shaun Maguire, who defended Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang amid controversy surrounding Huang’s extramarital affair with Alice Huang, a CEO linked to suspicions of espionage.

The date to watch is mid-2027, when Cybertruck production ends at Gigafactory Texas and Cybercab output ramps up. For the one million reservation holders, the split between trucks delivered and deposits refunded will become clear in the coming years.