Cybertruck's future past 2026?

[CallsignVega]

New to the forum, just ordered a 2026 AWD. Although I've owned many Tesla's, I currently drive a Wrangler 392 Hemi that I'm trading in for the CT. My family is growing and I need more room.

I was quite taken aback on how smooth and quiet the CT is on a test drive. I also test drove the Lucid Gravity, but FSD v14.x really wowed me and my wife. We have long stints of kinda boring roads in rural Colorado, and it makes driving so much more relaxing.

I guess the thing that put us over the edge and pulling the trigger is looking at the sales numbers. We'd figure we'd get one just in case they stop producing them. Considering what; the factory is only at like 15% capacity, will the CT survive past 2026?

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[SCTesla]

Probably.

Tesla doesn't seem to mind low production (S/X). As Tesla shifts into a Robotics company they could end it, but that is a few years out.

 

[Griswold]

Go for it, nobody knows what the future holds. I hope they continue producing them but I'm also glad there's not millions of them out on the road.

 

[Mini2nut]

Congrats!

392 Wranglers are very cool! I always thought of them as the “affordable“ Mercedes G63 G-Wagon.

Just prepare to be bent over on your 392 trade. Tesla is known for low balling trade in’s. Also, the newly available 2026 $80k Moab 392 just pushed the resale value of 21-25 Rubicon 392’s down the toilet.

 

[henchman24]

CT will continue for a while. Tesla has a habit of keeping cars alive long past their expiration date (S/X). Plus, it is a test bed of a bunch of technologies and there is value in that for Tesla beyond pure production numbers.

 

[CallsignVega]

Congrats!

392 Wranglers are very cool! I always thought of them as the “affordable“ Mercedes G63 G-Wagon.

Just prepare to be bent over on your 392 trade. Tesla is known for low balling trade in’s. Also, the newly available 2026 $80k Moab 392 just pushed the resale value of 21-25 Rubicon 392’s down the toilet.

Ya Tesla offered $47K. I'm losing a bit of money but it's nice getting that amount due removed from expensive Colorado taxes.

 

[gooshjkc]

Like the others in this post, Tesla will keep the CT around at least until 2030 and maybe beyond. Real truck buyers are a particular type. So, when the specs came out especially for towing, range and price they backed off. Now, I know Tesla will address the towing and range in the next generation of CT, but price is a big question mark. Unless they can reduce the price of battery I doubt that it will get lower than what it is now. For the rest of the people, like us, who bought the CT for the coolness, tech and just being a bad ass there’s only so many of us. However, in my opinion, there’s enough of us to keep it around.

 

[Mini2nut]

I would not be concerned. Tesla doesn’t have a history of axing slow selling models. The $95k S and $100k X platforms are over a decade old now and sell in low volumes.

Tesla invested $2B+ to develop the CT over 5 years. I would be shocked if leadership cancelled the vehicle platform.

 

[YDR37]

Considering what; the factory is only at like 15% capacity, will the CT survive past 2026?

It's true that the current Cybertruck production rate is only a small fraction of capacity. But that's not the only consideration.

After years of growth, Tesla opened two brand new factories in 2022 -- just before sales peaked in 2023. Tesla deliveries fell in 2024 and 2025, and could realistically fall again in 2026.

So Tesla currently has excess production capacity for its entire vehicle lineup -- not just the Cybertruck. So it's not like CT production is consuming resources that could be more profitably allocated to other models.

In other words, Tesla might as well keep making the CT, Model X, and Model S, despite the low volumes. They don't (currently) need the production capacity for anything else.

 

[EMoeller]

New to the forum, just ordered a 2026 AWD. Although I've owned many Tesla's, I currently drive a Wrangler 392 Hemi that I'm trading in for the CT. My family is growing and I need more room.

I was quite taken aback on how smooth and quiet the CT is on a test drive. I also test drove the Lucid Gravity, but FSD v14.x really wowed me and my wife. We have long stints of kinda boring roads in rural Colorado, and it makes driving so much more relaxing.

I guess the thing that put us over the edge and pulling the trigger is looking at the sales numbers. We'd figure we'd get one just in case they stop producing them. Considering what; the factory is only at like 15% capacity, will the CT survive past 2026?

Welcome to the forum and congrats on your new Cybertruck. With Ford discontinuing the Lightning the Cybertruck remains the top EV pickup in the US. I'm a car guy and waited four years for my Beast and I'm not disappointed - it is the best investment I have made in several years.

 

[2000prerunner]

One thing I’ve not seen is real owner satisfaction data for the CT. I’m just assuming here , but the CT has the highest satisfaction rating from real owners. Not people who “heard the CT is a flop”. Some things you actually have to try yourself in order to understand what all the hype is about…. And the cyber truck is that I believe. I guess objectively a lot of the negative press about it can be true in a certain way, but what it misses is all the other advantages that go unmentioned . Basically, I think the cyber truck will start to sell itself as more and more people tell their friends neighbors or whatever the real deal is. Or if after five or seven years, people start to post how great of a work truck / lifestyle truck it’s been with absolutely zero fuel and maintenance costs. I think the CT is here to stay just based off the fundamentals of it being a spaceship truck sold at a somewhat reasonable price for a full size truck.
If I start to see decent used ones in the 50k range I’ll buy another one !

 

[REM]

The CT is still in infancy. Police departments are just now starting to preview them.

Cybertruck will also be entered into the robo taxi fleet as a cargo capable vehicle.

 

[axhoaxho]

Congrats! We have similar taste of vehicles, OP.

We love both our Cybertruck AWD and Wrangler 392.

You will be very happy with your new Cybertruck AWD..... Comparing to the Wrangler 392, the Cybertruck will make you feel like piloting a spaceship (especially with FSD and Grok.)

 

[Outdoors]

I give it 2 years in current form. Something different in much different proportions. Low volume continues. No impetus for the buyer or from Tesla to change the current form.

 

[kpanda17]

S, X, CT, Roadster, etc are all toys present to engage the high end designers of Lars, Franz, Wes, etc.
they here to stay
designing the cybercab is just not enough to keep those guys excited, automation and all
were good, long live these other vehicles while robotaxi, cybercab and eventually energy pay the bills

seems the Semi wont be in that realm, but be another great ROI platform like the cybercab

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