# Tesla to scale back Cybertruck production as demand disappoints

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/good-riddance-cybertruck/
- Published: 2026-11-07T14:40:06+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T14:47:38+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/transportation/1029460/elon-musk-cybertruck-death-election-backlash
- Topics: Software

## Key points

- Tesla plans to wind down Cybertruck production next year.
- About 70,000 have sold, against a target of 250,000 annually.
- The article links the truck’s decline to product problems and Musk’s public image.

## Summary

Tesla plans to wind down Cybertruck production next year to make room for its Cybercab, a quiet retreat from a vehicle Elon Musk once called the company’s best product. The article argues the decision reflects the truck’s commercial disappointment and the growing association between the Cybertruck and Musk’s political image.

Tesla had aimed to produce and sell 250,000 Cybertrucks a year, but has sold about 70,000 in total, with SpaceX among the largest buyers of unsold stock. The article points to the truck’s high price, lower-than-promised range and towing capacity, recalls and polarising design, as well as Musk’s political activity, as factors behind its decline.

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