Tesla will refund prepayments to Cybertruck buyers: pickup production to halt in about eight months

Tesla will refund deposits for Cybertruck pre-orders

Tesla will refund prepayments to many customers who placed pre-orders for the Cybertruck pickup: the company will not be able to fulfill all orders before the model's production ends. Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced this on the social network X, reports Daryo.uz. “In about eight months we will stop assembly. Until then, we will try to produce as many vehicles as possible. However, many buyers will have to be refunded their prepayments,” the outlet quoted Musk as saying.

What is happening with production

Last week Tesla announced plans to suspend Cybertruck production at its Texas plant — Musk also reported this, according to Reuters. Earlier, he stated that an additional work shift would be introduced at the plant to fulfill the remaining orders, and that next year the equipment intended for Cybertruck production would be dismantled. According to Musk's plan, production of the model will end by mid-2027, and the freed-up capacity will be used to produce the Cybercab driverless taxi.

Context: demand below expectations

Tesla began the first Cybertruck deliveries to customers at the end of 2023, but demand turned out to be significantly below expectations. According to Kelley Blue Book data cited by Daryo.uz, in 2025 sales of the model in the US fell by 48% — to 20,237 units, whereas Musk had previously counted on sales of up to 250,000 vehicles per year. In April of this year, Tesla launched mass production of the Cybercab robotaxi at the Giga Texas plant — it is a two-seat driverless electric taxi without a steering wheel or pedals, controlled by artificial intelligence. Musk presented the first prototype in the fall of 2024, promising to bring the model to market in 2027 at a price below $30,000.