Unplugged Performance Offers to Take Over Cybertruck Production as Tesla Winds It Down

Unplugged Performance, a California Tesla aftermarket company based in Hawthorne, has publicly offered to take over Cybertruck production after Elon Musk said Tesla would wind down the line around mid-2027. On the morning of November 11, Australian time, the company official X account published an open offer to Tesla, saying it would take over production funded by a group of investors, at no cost to Tesla floor space, headcount, or focus.

Under the pitch, Tesla would collect a license fee plus Full Self-Driving and Robotaxi revenue on every truck built, and Cybercab would get first call on battery cells. The company also said it would build a three-row CyberSUV and an unmanned CyberCargo hauler. The offer came four days after Musk posted on November 6 that Tesla will be winding down production of the Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year to make room for increased Cybercab production.

The offer is an unsolicited pitch, not an announced agreement, and as of the evening of November 11, Australian time, no public reply from Tesla or Musk had been confirmed. It also does not restore the Cybertruck in Australia: Tesla emailed Australian and New Zealand reservation holders on October 23 to say plans to produce the Cybertruck for those markets have been discontinued, and Tesla never offered a production right-hand-drive version. In October, Tesla sold about 1,914 Cybertrucks, its best month in more than a year, at an average of 92,380 dollars, according to Cox Automotive estimates.