Tesla will end Cybertruck production in roughly eight months and hand deposits back to many people still waiting for one, Elon Musk said on Monday, Nov. 9.
"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," he wrote in a post on X.
That is a tighter clock. When Musk said on Friday that Tesla would wind down Cybertruck production in Texas, the timing was given only as 2027, as Edit USA reported then.
Eight months from Monday is around July 2027.
Musk did not say how many deposits will go back, when the refunds will start or how Tesla will contact people on the list.
What Musk says and what Tesla's numbers show
Musk wrote that "the Cybertruck order rate far exceeds our production rate." He also rejected what he called misreporting by "legacy media" that the truck loses money. In his account, the "opportunity cost of the complexity of Cybertruck" is outweighed by what Tesla gains from building more Cybercab robotaxis instead.
Tesla's own third-quarter update, filed with regulators on Oct. 21, lists installed Cybertruck capacity of more than 125,000 vehicles a year. Tesla does not break out Cybertruck sales, counting them instead in an "Other models" line.
| Other models | Q3 2025 | Q3 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Produced | 11,624 | 7,004 |
| Delivered | 15,933 | 8,295 |
Deliveries in the category fell 48%. Even if every one of those 8,295 deliveries were a Cybertruck, the quarter ran at about 33,000 a year, roughly a quarter of the capacity Tesla lists.
Electrek, which compared the post with Tesla's numbers, noted that Musk was quoting a fan's post urging people to "get it while you can," and argued that any jump in orders since Friday more likely reflects the end of the truck than built-up demand.
If you have a reservation
Musk's post asks nothing of reservation holders. It gives no refund instructions and does not say who will get a truck and who will get money back. Until Tesla explains the process, the order status in your Tesla account and the confirmation email showing what you paid are the records to keep.
