Tesla Winds Down the Cybertruck, Democrats Take Texas, and Wall Street Braces for Warren

Tesla is ending production of its Cybertruck next year, CEO Elon Musk announced on X, saying the company needs to make room for its self-driving Cybercab. The Cybertruck, which Musk once called the company's best product ever, never lived up to the hype. "It probably ends up being one of Tesla's biggest flops," said WSJ Detroit Bureau Chief Patrick George. Sales tapered off months after the vehicle went on sale three years ago, and in recent months the numbers have been "pretty dismal." The reasons are multiple: a deeply polarizing design, a broader downturn in the electric truck market where battery-powered trucks are more limited on towing and hauling than gas counterparts, and the fact that the Cybertruck "sort of became this rolling example of Elon Musk's right wing shift into politics." As George put it, "The Cybertruck stands out so much. It's so just sort of brutal looking and big and in your face. And I think that what it stood for eclipsed like the vehicle itself in a lot of ways." The move fits a broader pattern: Tesla has long said its future is in robotics, AI, and fully autonomous vehicles, not traditional car sales. Earlier this year it canceled the Model S sedan and Model X SUV. The company is now pinning its hopes on the Model Y and on rolling out robotaxis—Cybercabs with