Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production as Elon Musk focuses on robotics and AI
Decision made in order for factory in Texas to be used for Cybercab, the carmaker’s self-driving taxi Elon Musk has announced that Tesla will wind down production of its Cybertruck, marking the end of a failed effort to take a chunk of the lucrative market for pickups in the US.
Key points
- The Cybertruck and its polarizing design gained a niche following, but it did not achieve mass-market sales and Tesla has issued several voluntary recalls.
- Musk said it was to make room for production of its Cybercabs - autonomous taxis without a driver.
- In an X post on Friday, 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 Cybercab production." […].
The billionaire chief executive said production of the car would stop in about the middle of next year at the company’s factory in Texas in order to use the plant for the Cybercab, its self-driving taxi.
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