Now There's Even Less of a Reason to Buy a Tesla Cybertruck

Tesla's polarizing pickup just got $5,000 more expensive for seemingly no reason

written by Steven Ewing
edited by Kathleen Clonts
8/26/2026
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What's new: The Tesla Cybertruck just got a $5,000 price hike.
Why it matters: With no apparent changes or additional equipment, we're not sure why the truck is suddenly more expensive.
Edmunds says: The already-hard-sell Cybertruck is now even less appealing.

We struggle to recommend the Tesla Cybertruck at the best of times, and now, it's even harder to condone someone buying one of Elon Musk's brutalist rolling dumpsters. The base Cybertruck Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive now costs $77,235 — a $5,000 price hike — and there's no clear reason why.

The pricier Cybertruck Premium All-Wheel Drive receives a similar price increase, meaning it costs $82,235. The range-topping Cyberbeast holds the line, though, commanding $102,235. These prices still undercut versions of the Cybertruck's key rival, the Rivian R1T, but we'll gladly pay the extra cash to get a truck as good as the Rivian. It's been a multiyear Edmunds Top Rated award winner for a reason.

When the Cybertruck was first unveiled in 2019, Tesla said it would sell a single-motor rear-wheel-drive version for under $40,000. That never happened; the base rear-drive model finally came online six years later with a $71,985 price tag and only remained on sale for a few months. The Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive version arrived earlier this year, originally priced from $62,235, but now costs $77,235. Not cool.

We bought one of Musk's trucks when it was new, and our year-long test was plagued with problems, eventually coming to an early, unceremonious, expensive end. Cybertruck sales have never met Tesla's expectations; the Model 3 and Model Y account for the vast majority of the company's deliveries. Now, the already divisive truck is an even harder sell.

2024 Tesla Cybertruck rear three-quarters view

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by Steven Ewing

Steven Ewing is Edmunds' director of editorial content. An automotive journalist for more than half of his life, Ewing's been on staff at Winding Road magazine, Autoblog, Motor1.com, CNET, and he was the U.S. correspondent for Top Gear magazine. He's also contributed to publications like Automobile magazine, Car and Driver, The Drive, Jalopnik, Porsche Panorama, and more. Ewing has worked in the automotive industry since 2003. From testing prototype cars in the Arctic Circle to spilling a beer on a Formula 1 driver at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (oops), he's always got an interesting story to tell.

edited by Kathleen Clonts

Kathleen Clonts has worked in the automotive industry since 2014 and has copy-edited thousands of vehicle reviews and stories about cars and the auto industry in that time. Kathleen is the Edmunds editorial team's copy chief and previously worked as the senior copy editor for Automobile magazine.

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