Tesla Cybertruck production to end in about eight months, Musk says

By Sophie Lindqvist

Tesla plans to end Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas in about eight months, around July 2027, Elon Musk said Monday. Many customers will receive deposit refunds instead of vehicles.

Musk wrote on X: “We will try to make as many as possible before shutting down the line in about 8 months, but will have to return deposits for a lot of people.” The statement sets an approximate shutdown target, not the final delivery count.

How many Cybertrucks can Tesla still build?

Tesla has not disclosed three key figures: open reservations, total deposits held and trucks it can still build. That silence prevents a reliable conversion of orders into deliveries.

Reuters reported Musk’s post as indicating that Tesla’s orders already exceed what the company can build before the line closes. The comparison establishes direction, not magnitude. Neither figure appears in the disclosure.

Any unit forecast would therefore rely on assumption rather than a Tesla capacity number. Musk’s promise to try building as many as possible leaves delivery slots and final output unresolved.

When does production actually stop?

On Friday, Musk said Tesla would wind down Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year to make room for the Cybercab robotaxi, as MLQ reported. Monday’s “about 8 months” wording points to an end around July 2027.

Neither description gives an exact shutdown date. The cited information provides no daily production rate, remaining inventory figure or detailed wind-down schedule. The eight-month marker remains an approximate operating horizon, not a firm delivery calendar.

Musk’s Monday post supplied the first indication of what happens to open orders. The plan leaves room for further deliveries before shutdown. Tesla has not said how many reservations those final builds will satisfy.

Who gets money back?

Musk said Tesla will try to build as many Cybertrucks as possible before ending the line. He also expects to return deposits for many customers. The company has not said which reservation holders receive priority or when the broader refund process starts.

Tesla has already set one refund precedent. On Oct. 23, the company told Australian and New Zealand reservation holders that it had discontinued plans to sell the Cybertruck there. It promised refunds within 30 days.

Some of those customers had paid A$150 deposits since November 2019, according to the Oct. 23 notice. That figure describes only that regional group. It does not establish Tesla’s global order count or the total cash involved.

Refunds for the Australian and New Zealand group differ from the broader wind-down. The earlier action ended regional sales plans. The later shutdown changes production at Gigafactory Texas.

What changes in the commercial picture?

The refund plan turns part of Tesla’s reservation book into returned cash rather than vehicle deliveries. The cited announcements provide no revenue total, aggregate deposit balance or unit shortfall. The commercial size of that reversal remains unquantified.

For customers, the decisive issue is delivery timing. A refund does not provide a Cybertruck. A completed delivery before the shutdown preserves the vehicle and its order value.

Musk’s wording offers no promise that every buildable truck will reach a waiting customer. The scale of the Cybercab capacity shift also remains unstated.

Tesla has said only that Gigafactory Texas must make room for the Cybercab robotaxi. It has not quantified the capacity released, the planned Cybercab output or any production timetable.

What must Tesla clarify next?

Before the roughly eight-month wind-down completes, the most useful disclosures would cover remaining buildable units, open reservations, aggregate deposits and the schedule for moving toward Cybercab production. Tesla has not supplied those figures in the cited announcements.

The company also has not set a common refund-processing window for the broader order book. The Oct. 23 notice promised processing within 30 days for Australian and New Zealand holders. Musk’s Monday post gave no equivalent deadline.

Both the “about 8 months” and “middle of next year” descriptions remain approximate. Tesla has not said whether the line stops in one step or whether a longer, lower-output wind-down precedes the final shutdown.

Over the next eight months, Tesla’s disclosure of remaining buildable units and refund volumes will show whether the July 2027 Cybertruck stop and the Cybercab transition proceed on the stated schedule.