{"id":2242034,"date":"2026-11-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2242034"},"modified":"2026-11-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T21:00:00","slug":"looks-like-tesla-is-killing-off-the-controversial-cybertruck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2242034","title":{"rendered":"Looks like Tesla is killing off the controversial Cybertruck"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sounds like Tesla is planning to kill off its Cybertruck<\/a>. At least according to its CEO, who posted on X that the company \u201cwill be winding down production\u201d of the controversial electric\u2026 thing<\/em> at some point in 2027.<\/p>\n

That, he said, was to allow \u201croom for increased Cybercab production\u201d. So, one awkwardly-styled truck that was initially unable to withstand a baseball strike will now make way for self-driving taxis. Yay.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cCybertruck fleet will be around for a long time,\u201d he added, pointing to the fact it\u2019ll still somehow have a presence long after it\u2019s departed.<\/p>\n

While the Cybertruck had a loyal following in some quarters, it was also derided in others, and this latest step marks the end of a tumultuous time for the polarising EV.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It was beset with production delays and faced numerous issues upon its launch, including with the accelerator pedal, a potentially loose stainless steel trim panel, and even the possibility of the wheels literally falling off.<\/p>\n

Despite promising between 250,000 to 500,000 Cybertruck sales a year, reports put the number closer to around 70k units over the last three years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Cybertruck\u2019s lead engineer Wes Morrill added that the car \u201cwas an incredible technology development platform and lives on through Cybercab\u201d. You can read more about that car here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oh, right, the whole \u2018sounds like\u2019 bit. Tesla\u2019s CEO didn\u2019t actually say it was being killed off, only that production at its Texas base was being wound down. Texas is the only place it is being made, FYI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sounds like Tesla is planning to kill off its Cybertruck. At least according to its CEO, who posted on X that the company \u201cwill be winding down production\u201d of the controversial electric\u2026 thing at some point in 2027. That, he said, was to allow \u201croom for increased Cybercab production\u201d. So, one awkwardly-styled truck that was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-2242034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2242034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2242034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2242034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2242034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}