With sales down is the CT going to become a Delorean

[Known-Background]

Just read they only sold 5000 trucks per quarter. Will they stop making it? Does that mean I better hold on to it? Or get rid of it before the company collapses and I’ll never be able to get it repaired?

I know it’s electrek and they always seem to hate Tesla nowadays but still…

https://electrek.co/2025/07/02/tesla-confirms-cybertruck-sales-are-down-to-just-5000-units/

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[CyberGus]

Sales are dropping, but that’s true for Tesla across the board. I expect sales to recover now that Elon’s foray into politics has waned.

If if “only” 7000 Cybertrucks sold in Q1, that outsold many other vehicles, including:

• Subaru WRX
• Hyundai Ionic 6
• Kia EV6
• Mazda MX5
• Lexus LS and RZ combined
• Acura TLX and ADX combined
• Volvo 60 and EX30 combined
• Toyota Supra and Venza combined

Unless Cybertruck is cash-flow-negative, there's no reason to discontinue it.

The DeLorean sold only about 10,000 units across the '81 - '83 model years.

 

[YDR37]

Just read they only sold 5000 trucks per quarter. Will they stop making it?

Tesla doesn't report the number of Cybertruck sales specifically. However, they do report a quarterly number for deliveries of the Model S, Model X, and Cybertruck combined (the "Other Models" category). For 2Q 2025, that combined number was 10,394 units.

Cybertruck sales in North America are roughly half of that total; the other half are S/X sales in North America, Europe, and Asia. So yes, CT sales in 2Q 2025 probably were somewhere around 5,000 to 5,500 units.

Cox Automotive provides more detailed quarterly estimates of EV sales in the US, but their 2Q 2025 report won't be available until later this month. For 1Q 2025, they estimated 6,406 CT sales in the US, along with 3,843 Model X sales and 1,280 Model Y sales. Those numbers will likely be lower for 2Q 2025.

For comparison, Ford only sold 5,842 F-150 Lightnings in 2Q 2025. So the CT is selling about as well as any other EV pickup.

Also for comparison, the Model S and Model X individually sell in lower numbers than the CT. Yet Tesla has not shown any signs of discontinuing those models; in fact, the S/X just got a slight refresh.

 

[BayouCityBob]

Sales are dropping, but that’s true for Tesla across the board. I expect sales to recover now that Elon’s foray into politics has waned.

If if “only” 7000 Cybertrucks sold in Q1, that outsold many other vehicles, including:

• Subaru WRX
• Hyundai Ionic 6
• Kia EV6
• Mazda MX5
• Lexus LS and RZ combined
• Acura TLX and ADX combined
• Volvo 60 and EX30 combined
• Toyota Supra and Venza combined

Unless Cybertruck is cash-flow-negative, there's no reason to discontinue it.

The DeLorean sold only about 10,000 units across the '81 - '83 model years.

These low volume vehicles are high volume platforms. The Hyundai/Kia eGMP platform, for example, is running 60,000 units a quarter. The TNGA-L underpins teh Lexus LC, Toyota Crown, and the LS. The eTNGA on the RZ is also the vehicle platform for the BZ, CHR, and Subaru. The Volvo EX30 shares its platform with Geely's Zeekr X , Smart 1 & 3 and the Lynk Z20.

The challenge for the Cybertruck is that it currently is a single-use, low volume platform. If Tesla can come out with a few additional models (e.g. delivery van, Full-sized SUV) built on the same platform, it will have a much better chance of surviving.

 

[YDR37]

The challenge for the Cybertruck is that it currently is a single-use, low volume platform. If Tesla can come out with a few additional models (e.g. delivery van, Full-sized SUV) built on the same platform, it will have a much better chance of surviving.

Yes, and they definitely have the production capacity to do that.

According to Tesla, the Texas Gigafactory has capacity to produce >125,000 Cybertrucks annually. As shown by the ">" symbol, 125,000 is a minimum number; it's suspected that the actual capacity is even higher.

But if Tesla is only selling 5,000-7,000 CTs per quarter, they are only using a fraction of that capacity. Ideally they would increase utilization by manufacturing a related vehicle on the same platform. Rivian does this with the R1T/R1S, GM does it with the Hummer SUV/pickup, and Scout will do it with the Terra/Traveler.

 

[tingmo13]

everyone who test drove the Cybertruck loves it but people are poor to afford it.
As a early reservation holder I love everything about the Cybertruck except the size-me neither car nor truck person.
It's time Tesla to produce smaller Cybertruck. As a long T$LA holder I'm not waiting for free FSD, free superchargers or low APR but smaller Cybertruck. ?

 

[SCTesla]

everyone who test drove the Cybertruck loves it but people are poor to afford it.
As a early reservation holder I love everything about the Cybertruck except the size-me neither car nor truck person.
It's time Tesla to produce smaller Cybertruck. As a long T$LA holder I'm not waiting for free FSD, free superchargers or low APR but smaller Cybertruck. ?

I wouldn't hold my breathe. It's unlikely they invest much more time/money into engineering a new CT platform.

 

[SCTesla]

EDIT: Oh, Another solution is FSD Unsupervised. If/When they release that on the Cybertruck I suspect they will sell themselves. So maybe time will afterall heal this, just not in the way I previously referred.

This is years away.

We are at step 1 of unsupervised.

Small, overtrained area, safety driver, and heavy remote monitoring.

The CT doesn't even have a full, dedicated FSD stack, yet. I wouldn't bet on FSDU nationally before 2027.

 

[Mini2nut]

With so much $$$$ invested in Cybertruck styling/engineering/development/tooling/validation over a 6 year period I don't see the CT being discontinued anytime soon.

Similar to the S and X think the CT will remain a low volume vehicle for Tesla.

BEV pickups in general have not been widely accepted by consumers. No BEV pickup manufacturer has enjoyed high volume success in this space.

 

[YDR37]

I wouldn't hold my breathe. It's unlikely they invest much more time/money into engineering a new CT platform.

You're probably right. If Tesla produced a related vehicle, it would more likely be a large SUV or van that could be developed by modifying the existing CT platform -- not a smaller vehicle that would require development of a new platform.

But I don't see any signs that Tesla is pursuing any of these options.

 

[SCTesla]

With so much $$$$ invested in Cybertruck styling/engineering/development/tooling/validation over a 6 year period I don't see the CT being discontinued anytime soon.

Similar to the S and X think the CT will remain a low volume vehicle for Tesla.

BEV pickups in general have not been widely accepted by consumers. No BEV pickup manufacturer has enjoyed high volume success in this space.

I agree, it won't likely go anywhere, especially with a dedicated line.

 

[Sjohnson20]

It's selling just as well or poor as the other EV trucks so I think they stick with it.

The question also is how many 80-100k vehicles sell more than 10k units a quarter? I know the S and X used to sell that many but then Tesla made the 3 and Y and that undercut the sales.

 

[CTInProcess]

Tesla doesn't report the number of Cybertruck sales specifically. However, they do report a quarterly number for deliveries of the Model S, Model X, and Cybertruck combined (the "Other Models" category). For 2Q 2025, that combined number was 10,394 units.

Cybertruck sales in North America are roughly half of that total; the other half are S/X sales in North America, Europe, and Asia. So yes, CT sales in 2Q 2025 probably were somewhere around 5,000 to 5,500 units.

Cox Automotive provides more detailed quarterly estimates of EV sales in the US, but their 2Q 2025 report won't be available until later this month. For 1Q 2025, they estimated 6,406 CT sales in the US, along with 3,843 Model X sales and 1,280 Model Y sales. Those numbers will likely be lower for 2Q 2025.

For comparison, Ford only sold 5,842 F-150 Lightnings in 2Q 2025. So the CT is selling about as well as any other EV pickup.

Also for comparison, the Model S and Model X individually sell in lower numbers than the CT. Yet Tesla has not shown any signs of discontinuing those models; in fact, the S/X just got a slight refresh.

Agreed!! The Lightning is All New also and just barely outselling the CT despite all the negative press. Ford should be ashamed.

 

[SCTesla]

Agreed!! The Lightning is All New also and just barely outselling the CT despite all the negative press. Ford should be ashamed.

At first I didnt see the sarcasm.

Touche

 

[scottf200]

Agreed!! The Lightning is All New also and just barely outselling the CT despite all the negative press. Ford should be ashamed.

They brought that version to market to make the transition feel easier ... as well as many 3rd party add-ons would work. If all the EV pickups were going strong, they would have continued with the Ford T3 ground up (re)design but it didn't make business sense if the EV pickup market waned.

The CT buzz 'tricked' a lot of people / groups / etc. --- heck look at all the 3rd party add-ons for the CT that invested a fair amount and now the numbers don't justify ($) it.

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