Tesla has extended Cybertruck production to the end of the northern summer of 2027, around September, with CEO Elon Musk citing “sentimentality” as the company works through more outstanding orders.

The extension adds a couple of months to the electric ute’s production schedule, just days after Musk outlined plans to wind down assembly around mid-2027.

“In order to work through more of the Cybertruck order backlog, production will be extended through the end of summer 2027,” Musk wrote on X on 11 November 2026, US time.

“This is not the smartest move from a profit-maximizing standpoint btw, but there must be some room in this world for sentimentality or what's the point?” he added.

On 6 November, Musk said Tesla would be “winding down” Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas to free up capacity for the Cybercab, its two-seat robotaxi built without a steering wheel or pedals.

The Austin factory is the Cybertruck’s only production site, also building the Model Y and Cybercab.

The Cybertruck was unveiled in 2019, with deliveries beginning in late 2023. Before launch, Musk predicted annual sales would eventually reach 250,000.

Cox Automotive estimated US Cybertruck sales at 20,237 in 2025, down 48 per cent from 38,965 in 2024. The ute has also faced multiple US recalls, including for a trapped accelerator pedal and an inverter fault that could cause a loss of drive power.

Meanwhile, California aftermarket and tuning company Unplugged Performance has made an open offer on X to take over the Cybertruck production line, funded by a consortium of investors.

Its proposal would give the Cybercab priority for battery cells and pay Tesla a licence fee, plus FSD and Robotaxi network revenues on each vehicle built. Alongside the Cybertruck, the company proposed building a three-row CyberSUV and an unmanned CyberCargo hauler.

Unplugged Performance acknowledged it could not run the line “alone, and not overnight”. It said it was organising interested investors and recruiting experienced manufacturing staff and partners before Tesla dismantles the line.

Tesla has not publicly responded to the offer.

The production extension does not change the Cybertruck’s cancellation in Australia and New Zealand.

Tesla emailed reservation holders in both countries in late October 2026 to confirm the right-hand-drive version had been cancelled, with deposits refunded in full after reservations opened in 2019. Every Cybertruck built has been left-hand drive, and Tesla will not sell it in Australia.

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