Tesla is ‘winding down’ production of the Cybertruck next year

<figure> <img alt="Digital photo collage of a Tesla Cybertruck." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25830320/STKS493_CYBERTRUCK_CVIRGINIA_B.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Tesla is getting the Cybertruck ready for retirement in an effort to ramp up its robotaxi output. In <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2118591788701421573">an X post on Friday</a>, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the company will be "winding down" Cybertruck production at its Texas Gigafactory sometime around the middle of next year, "to make room for increased <a href="https://www.theverge.com/transportation/992014/tesla-cybercab-hands-on-test-robotaxi-austin">Cybercab</a> production."</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The production plant in Austin, Texas, is the only Tesla facility that's known to assemble the Cybertruck, and that's equipped to make the specialized components required to build the vehicles. Musk hasn't mentioned if Cybertruck production will be moved elsewhere, but doing so would be arduous, especially for a car that' …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/transportation/1028542/tesla-cybertruck-winding-down-production-2027">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>