The Cybertruck lineup is down to just one trim. Tesla has stopped taking orders for the Cybertruck Premium AWD and raised the top-spec Cyberbeast’s price by $7,500 to $109,990, making it the only Cybertruck you can still order.
It’s the second time in a week that Tesla has cut a trim from the Cybertruck configurator, as it gets ready to end production around mid-2027 to make room for more Cybercabs.
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One Trim Left
Last week, Tesla paused orders for the Dual Motor AWD and raised prices on the other two trims. Now the Premium AWD is gone too, after it was last listed at $92,490.
Here’s how Cybertruck pricing and availability have changed so far this year:
Trim
Early 2026
August 2026
Last Week
Now
Dual Motor AWD
$59,990
$74,990
$82,490 (orders paused)
Orders paused
Premium AWD
$79,990
$84,990
$92,490
Orders paused
Cyberbeast
$99,990
$99,990
$102,490
$109,990
The Cyberbeast has gone up $10,000 since the start of the year, with all of that increase coming in the past week.
Too Many Orders, Not Enough Time
The change is likely about keeping demand in check. Musk recently said that “the Cybertruck order rate far exceeds our production rate,” and that Tesla will have to return deposits to a lot of people because it can’t build every truck before the line shuts down.
Tesla is also adding an extra Cybertruck shift to get through as much of the backlog as possible before the line is torn down around June or July. Cutting off new Premium AWD orders keeps the backlog from growing, while the Cyberbeast’s higher price should both slow new orders for the only trim left and make the ones Tesla does get more profitable.
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Musk has also said the Cybertruck is still profitable, and that Tesla is ending it because the factory space and engineering effort are worth more for the Cybercab. Focusing on the Cyberbeast, Tesla’s most expensive and profitable Cybertruck, makes sense with limited production time left.
Tesla hasn’t said whether Premium AWD orders will reopen before Cybertruck production ends. With the Dual Motor AWD and Premium AWD both off the configurator, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Cyberbeast orders close too as the backlog fills up ahead of next summer.
Elon Musk wants to clear something up about the Cybertruck: Tesla isn’t ending it because it loses money. “This is not a case of Cybertruck being unprofitable, as has been misreported by legacy media,” Musk wrote on X.
Instead, he said the opportunity cost of the Cybertruck’s complexity “is vastly outweighed by the value of incremental Cybercab production.”
More Orders Than Tesla Can Build
Musk also said that “the Cybertruck order rate far exceeds our production rate.” Tesla will build as many trucks as it can before the line shuts down in about eight months, but it “will have to return deposits for a lot of people.”
When X user Owen Sparks (@OwenSparks) asked why Tesla doesn’t just build more factory space, Musk replied that building a high-volume factory is extremely difficult, adding that “prototypes are trivial by comparison.”
Earlier, he explained that Tesla has a limited number of skilled engineers, and keeping the Cybertruck going means tying up people, factory space, and equipment that could be scaling Cybercab production instead.
Building factories is hard, but Tesla has done it before. It’s built plants in California, Nevada, Texas, Shanghai, and Berlin. The bigger issue is likely whether a new factory or a separate line would be worth it for a low-volume vehicle like the Cybertruck.
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Sales Tell Part of the Story
Even if there’s a backlog now, Cybertruck sales haven’t been strong. Tesla doesn’t break out Cybertruck numbers, but in Q3 2026, it delivered just 8,295 vehicles in its “Other Models” category, compared to 478,237 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. That category now covers the Cybertruck, the Semi, and any leftover Model S and Model X inventory, and it was down 48% from 15,933 a year earlier.
Much of today’s backlog likely comes from Dual Motor AWD buyers who ordered the truck at $59,990 back in February, before Tesla raised the price.
So the Cybertruck may be profitable, but at roughly a few thousand units per quarter, it isn’t worth the factory space Tesla wants for the Cybercab, which Tesla is betting can be built far faster and in much larger numbers. Existing Cybertruck owners will still get parts and service after production ends. For anyone still waiting on an order, the next eight months will decide whether they get a truck or a refund.
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