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Good riddance, Cybertruck!

Elon Musk's declaration Friday that Tesla would be "winding down" production of the Cybertruck next year to make room for the Cybercab was fascinating for a number of reasons.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 7, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC
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  • I'm calling it: time of death, November 6th, 1:30 AM, by tweet.
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"I think the Tesla Cybertruck is our best product ever," he declared during a 2019 earnings call.

First, it was a humiliating way to kill a vehicle that was once hailed as the pinnacle of Tesla's engineering - faster than a Porsche 911, more powerful than an F-150, able to leap over the Model Y as a singular representation of Musk's Blade Runner -inspired designs for the future.

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