Just five months after it went on sale, Tesla has scrapped its cheapest Cybertruck. 

The futuristic stainless steel pick-up truck was available in three options – with the most affordable starting from $69,990 (around £51,000). 

But Elon Musk’s company has quietly removed this lower-priced model from its website, reportedly due to a lack of interest from buyers. 

Largely available in North America, Cybertruck is an ultra-resilient all-electric pick-up truck intended to revolutionize long-haul driving. 

Like something the Terminator would drive, it has an ‘ultra-hard stainless-steel exoskeleton’ that reduces dents, damage and long-term corrosion. 

But it is in danger of becoming ‘one of the all-time biggest flops’ as sales are not meeting Elon Musk’s original expectations. 

Already, Cybertruck has faced safety and performance complaints from buyers after it finally appeared on the market in 2023 following numerous delays. 

Arguably Cybertruck never got off to a great start, as its windows were broken during its unveiling event back in 2019. 

It was April this year that Tesla tried to herald a fresh wave of Cybertruck sales by launching this cheaper variant, dubbed ‘Long Range’. 

Unfortunately for customers, this stripped-down version had several features removed, such as rear lightbar, active air suspension, and rear infotainment display.

And it seems potential buyers have been largely uninterested by the option, which still costs around the same as a first time buyer deposit on a UK house.

As first spotted by Engadget, the $69,990 model has suddenly been removed from the Cybertruck section of the Tesla website. 

Instead, customers have the two more expensive models to choose from, which start at $79,990 (£58,500) and $114,990 (£84,200).

The more expensive version has faster acceleration, slightly longer range (325 miles compared with 320 miles) and a heavier payload capability, along with some other features. 

Tesla has not said why the cheaper Long Range model has been discontinued, although reportedly sales have been way short of estimates. 

Tesla has been contacted by the Daily Mail for comment. 

According to reports, Tesla is currently selling the Cybertruck at a rate of roughly 20,000 units per year, which is significantly lower than anticipated

Tesla only sold 4,306 Cybertrucks in the second quarter of 2025 – a more than 50 per cent drop in sales over the same period last year, reports Cox Automotive. 

In contrast, Elon Musk had originally planned for a production capacity of 250,000 units per year, which he thought could increase to 500,000 units per year. 

Some now believe it’s just a matter of time before the remaining two models are discontinued due to underwhelming sales – spelling the end of Cybertruck entirely. 

On X (Twitter), user @geistedc said: ‘Honestly I think the market for Cybertruck is done.

They added: ‘I like the look but it definitely never had mass market appeal.’

On X, Tesla fan account @Teslarati said $69,990 ‘didn’t seem like a good enough price point for what was missing’. 

While Tech Radar said Cybertruck is hurtling towards ‘becoming one of the all-time biggest flops’. 

Cybertruck was announced in November 2019 at a hyped unveiling event at Tesla’s Design Studio in Hawthorne, California. 

At the event, Musk was left embarrassed after the glass on his new all-electric was smashed just after he boasted about it being ‘shatterproof’. 

Cybertruck was set to go into production in 2021, but this was pushed back to 2022, and yet again to 2023, when it finally started shipping to customers.

Cybertruck is not available in the UK or mainland Europe because its unusual size and shape don’t meet regulations.