Tesla will add an extra production shift to try to complete outstanding Cybertruck orders before the pickup's production line is dismantled next year, chief executive Elon Musk said on Saturday. The move adds a production plan and a firmer timetable to Friday's announcement that Cybertruck output would wind down.

"The Tesla Cybertruck order backlog is currently far more than we can make before dismantling the line for Cybercab expansion around June/July next year," Musk wrote on X. "We will add an extra shift to try to get all orders done in time." Reuters reported the comments on Saturday.

Musk said on Friday that Tesla would wind down Cybertruck production at its Gigafactory Texas plant around the middle of next year to make room for increased production of the Cybercab, its two-seat robotaxi. On Saturday he added that the truck would stay in production for another eight or nine months, narrowing the changeover to around June or July 2027.

The backlog itself remains unquantified. Musk did not say how many orders are outstanding, when the extra shift would start, or how many additional vehicles it would produce. Tesla's third-quarter update listed installed annual capacity in Texas of more than 125,000 Cybertrucks and more than 125,000 Cybercabs.

The Cybertruck has fallen far short of Musk's original ambitions. Tesla sold 20,237 of the trucks in the United States last year, down 48 percent from 38,965 in 2024, according to Kelley Blue Book, against an early forecast of 250,000 a year. The vehicle has also been subject to 11 recalls since it went on sale.

Investors took the Cybercab pivot in their stride. Tesla shares rose 4.2 percent on Friday to close at $358.22, recovering part of Thursday's steep sell-off, as the wider market steadied after a bruising week for technology stocks.