--- title: "Cybertruck Sales Show Stomach-Churning Drop" description: "The Tesla Cybertruck is once again setting all the wrong kinds of records in regards to its dismal sales figures." date: "2026-01-19" modified: "2026-01-19" authors: - name: "Frank Landymore" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore" url: "https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/cybertruck-sales-2025" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" --- # Cybertruck Sales Show Stomach-Churning Drop ![The Tesla Cybertruck is once again setting all the wrong kinds of records in regards to its dismal sales figures.]() *FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images* Tesla's "apocalypse-proof" Cybertruck is continuing to experience a near-cataclysmic plunge in sales that seems impossible to recover from. According to a [new analysis]() of Cox Automotive data by *InsideEVs*, the unorthodox electric pickup truck suffered the steepest drop in sales by volume of any EV sold in the US in 2025, capping off a disastrous year in which [every quarter]() seemed to bring [more record-setting]() Cybertruck lows. For context, in 2024 — the first full year of the Cybertruck being on the market — Tesla sold around 39,000 of the [notoriously unreliable pickups](). That's a figure that isn't even in the same planet as CEO Elon Musk's [up-front boast]() that the automaker would sell up to half a million of these every year. The year following, any hope that it would be a late-blooming success story went up in smoke like a wrecked EV. A pitiful tally of just 20,200 Cybertrucks were sold in all of 2025, and that shortfall of around 19,000 sales, representing a near 50 percent collapse, is the largest sales drop of an EV on sale in the US, according to *InsideEV*. (And that's without getting into how Musk reportedly [sold Cybertrucks to his own companies to juice sales figures](), so the real picture may be even worse.) To be fair to the Cybertruck, its first year of sales had some pretty good numbers for what remains a fairly niche market of electric pickups, regardless of the fact that it was still drastically short of Musk's typically overly-optimistic projections — so it had a higher bar to fall from than most. Still, the cratering sales didn't come out of nowhere. Earning a reputation for being [unreliable rustbuckets](), the Cybertruck has been [recalled ten times]() for issues as serious and embarrassing as its accelerator pedal [getting stuck in the down position]() and [losing power while driving](). Add to that the recalls for its stainless steel [body panels flying off]() because they were held on with crummy glue — and another glue recall [for its lightbar attachments](), too — and it becomes unclear whether the trucks which Musk frequently hyped as capable of surviving the post-apocalypse would even be a reliable pick to survive a trip to the [Tesla Diner](). It also certainly didn't help that Musk spent all of last year speed-running becoming one of the [most hated men in America]() with his espousal of far-right politics and his hands-on role in gutting the federal government through his pet project DOGE, tanking Tesla's reputation with it. And out of all the EV automaker's cars, the Cybertruck is the one most closely associated with Musk's personal brand and vision. Perhaps Musk's pride in the Cybertruck is why it hasn't landed on the chopping block yet. As [*Electrek* noted](), Ford's EV pickup, the F-150 Lightning, comfortably outsold the Cybertruck last year — and [it got canned]() for not selling enough. **More on Tesla:** [*Cybertrucks Are a Firefighter’s Nightmare*]() ## Author At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()