Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday on X that production at Gigafactory Texas will continue through the end of summer 2027, moving the Cybertruck line’s planned shutdown beyond its earlier mid-2027 target, CBS News reported.
The revised timeline updates Musk’s earlier plan for the Texas Cybertruck line. He had linked that plan to making more room at the site for Cybercab production.
Musk has said Cybertruck orders were outpacing Tesla’s production and the company would have to return deposits to many customers. On Nov. 7, he said Tesla planned to add a production shift to handle pending orders, as described in EconoTimes’ coverage of his deposit-refund statement.
Musk acknowledged that keeping the line open longer did not best serve Tesla’s profit goals, but said there should be “some room in this world for sentimentality.” CBS News reported that some customers still waiting for their trucks criticized the refund announcement online.
