Unplugged Performance makes an open offer to take over Cybertruck production
Four days after Elon Musk said Tesla would wind down the Cybertruck around mid-2027, the Tesla tuner publicly offered to run the line under licence, Electrek reported.
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Unplugged Performance, a Tesla aftermarket tuner, publicly offered on 10 November to take over Cybertruck production, Electrek reported. The pitch came four days after Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said the company would wind down Cybertruck output at Giga Texas around mid-2027.
According to Electrek, Unplugged posted the proposal on X as "an open offer to Tesla." The company said it supports putting the Cybercab first and would run Cybertruck production "at no cost to Tesla’s floor space, headcount, or focus." In return, Tesla would collect a licence fee plus Full Self-Driving and Robotaxi network revenue on every vehicle built. Unplugged also offered to let Cybercab take priority on battery cells. "We’ll wait our turn," the company wrote, as quoted by Electrek.
The proposal is not limited to the pickup. Electrek said Unplugged would also build a three-row "CyberSUV" and an unmanned "CyberCargo" hauler, two vehicle ideas Tesla has sometimes referred to but has not unveiled.
Unplugged founder Ben Schaffer, Electrek wrote, supports Tesla's push into autonomy but wants to keep the Cybertruck programme going. The tuner already sells Cybertruck accessories, including lift and armour kits, and has had contracts to convert Cybertrucks into police vehicles. Electrek said neither Musk nor Tesla had responded publicly at the time of its report.
This site previously covered Musk's statements that Tesla would wind down the Cybertruck to free capacity for the Cybercab and would add a shift to work through an order backlog. The Unplugged offer does not change Tesla's stated plan unless the automaker accepts it. No agreement has been announced.
Electrek also summarised recent Cybertruck demand figures from earlier reporting, including an estimate that third-quarter "Other Models" deliveries implied a pace far below Tesla's one-time 250,000-a-year target. Those figures are from that earlier coverage, not new official Tesla guidance in Tuesday's offer story.
An offer posted on social media is not a completed deal. Licensing a vehicle programme, moving tooling and securing cells, certification and factory space would all still have to be negotiated. As of Electrek's report on the evening of 10 November, Tesla had not said whether it would consider the proposal.