Elon Musk’s Dumbest Product Is Coming to an End
Farewell to the Cybertruck.
The era of Elon Musk’s Cybertruck is finally coming to an end: after years of persistently weak sales, the technocrat’s polarizing mini-tanks are officially headed out of production.
Musk announced Friday that Tesla’s Texas plant would cease production in the middle of next year, in order to build CyberCab, the company’s self-driving taxi.
Since launching Cybertruck in 2023, Tesla has consistently struggled to meet the vehicle’s sales target of 200,000 per year. In the third quarter of 2026, the company only sold 8,300 “other models,” which includes the Cybertruck. Ahead of the vehicle’s initial release, Musk fretted on an earnings call: “We dug our own grave with Cybertruck.”
Musk’s metal monstrosities became the unfortunate symbol of Donald Trump’s second term, after Musk bought the president’s way back into the White House in 2024. Musk spent twice as much to buy this week’s midterm elections for Republicans, but he’d have been just as well off if he’d lit the cash on fire.
The announcement comes as Tesla’s shares declined 11 percent Thursday, following a Democratic sweep in the midterm elections that fl...