Cybertruck deliveries more than doubled in Q1 2026

Updated 2026-06-12.

Tesla delivered 38,500 Cybertrucks in Q1 2026, up 111.5% from Q1 2025, with Giga Texas now running at roughly a 250,000-unit annual rate.

What happened

The Q1 number landed in early April. 38,500 deliveries is more than double Q1 2025, and Cybertruck now accounts for over 10% of Tesla's quarterly delivery mix. Giga Texas has transitioned to steady-state manufacturing after the rough 2024 to 2025 ramp, which is the milestone that matters most: the hardest manufacturing program in Tesla's history is now routine.

The mix behind the headline is worth understanding. A report tracking US-only retail sales pegged Q1 2026 US volume at 3,519 units, with many shoppers waiting on the cheaper trim Tesla announced in February. The gap between the two figures points to growing export markets and fleet purchases, including SpaceX adding over a thousand Cybertrucks to its own fleet, which says something when a rocket company picks its work truck.

The bigger catalyst is almost here. The $69,000 AWD variant starts shipping in June 2026, bringing the truck's entry price down by a wide margin just as production capacity has room to absorb the demand. Q2 numbers will show how many of those waiting buyers convert.

Our take

A 111% growth year for the most polarizing vehicle on the road is a strong result, and the timing of the $69K trim is smart: ramp the factory first, then open the price umbrella. The buyers who held out for the cheaper trim weren't lost sales, they were queued demand, and June is when the queue starts moving.

What this means for FrunkLab is straightforward. The Cybertruck owner base is growing fast, and every CT on the road is a panel that can wear a different design tomorrow without a $4,000 vinyl install. Cybertruck's flat stainless geometry is also genuinely fun to design for. The body reads almost like a series of rectangles, which means typography and graphic-heavy wraps work in a way they don't on a Model Y.

We get more Cybertruck wraps started in the studio than we used to, and the designs skew toward bolder color blocks and full-panel art rather than subtle gradients. That tracks with the truck's whole vibe.

If you're trying to figure out which 3D preview your variant gets, the vehicle support guide lays out the Model 3, Y, and Cybertruck coverage. Open the studio and put something on a CT.