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Tesla Cybertruck sales are flatlining Comments Drawer Comments Loading comments Getting the conversation ready... * News News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow See All News * Transportation Transportation Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow See All Transportation * Electric Cars Electric Cars Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow See All Electric Cars Tesla Cybertruck sales are flatlining Things are so bad, Elon Musk is selling them to himself. Things are so bad, Elon Musk is selling them to himself. by Andrew J. Hawkins Andrew J. Hawkins Andrew J. Hawkins Transportation editor Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow See All by Andrew J. Hawkins Oct 13, 2025, 7:03 PM UTC * * * STKS493_CYBERTRUCK_CVIRGINIA_C STKS493_CYBERTRUCK_CVIRGINIA_C Image: The Verge / Photo by Bloomberg, Getty Images Andrew J. Hawkins Andrew J. Hawkins Andrew J. Hawkins Andrew J. Hawkins Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow See All by Andrew J. Hawkins is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. After a brutal few months, Tesla sales are finally picking up thanks to expiring federal EV tax credits. But while customers are snatching up Model 3s and Ys, they are increasingly turning up their noses at the newest addition to Tesla's lineup: the Cybertruck. Tesla only sold 5,385 Cybertrucks in the third quarter, down 63 percent compared to the same period in 2024, when the automaker delivered over 14,000. The company has sold a little more than 16,000 Cybertrucks so far in 2025 -- a far cry from the 250,000 that Elon Musk once predicted would be sold annually. Tesla is now expected to deliver around 20,000 Cybertrucks this year, a steep drop from the estimated 50,000 sold in 2024. Tesla only sold 5,385 Cybertrucks in the third quarter, down 63 percent compared to the same period in 2024. The new data was published by Kelley Blue Book, and reported by Business Insider. Tesla doesn't break out Cybertruck numbers specifically, instead lumping them in with its two older vehicles, the Model S and Model X, as "other models." The third quarter was an otherwise banger for EV sales, with a total of 438,487 units sold. That's up 40.7 percent from the previous quarter and higher by 29.6 percent year over year. Shoppers rushed to snatch up available EVs before the expiration of the $7,500 tax credit on September 30th. Sales are expected to drop dramatically in the fourth quarter -- which could make the Cybertruck's situation even worse. Other electric trucks haven't fared as poorly as the Cybertruck. The Rivian R1T is up 13 percent this quarter year over year, while the Ford F-150 Lightning is up 39.7 percent, and GMC's Hummer EV has increased sales 21.9 percent and Sierra EV by over 771 percent. And then there was the news that the families of two young people killed in a fiery Cybertruck crash are suing Tesla over faulty door handles they claim impeded their loved ones' escape. Things have gotten so dire for the Cybertruck that Elon Musk has resorted to selling them to himself. As Electrek reports, Tesla has been delivering unsold Cybertrucks to Musk's private companies, SpaceX and xAI. The trucks that are going to SpaceX are intended to replace the company's fleet of internal-combustion engine vehicles, according to the site. 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