Youtuber MKBHD on the Cybertruck's discontinuation: 'Doesn't bode well for the Roadster'

• MKBHD says the Cybertruck's wind-down could be bad news for the elusive Roadster.
• Tesla is clearing factory space for the steering-wheel-less, gold-painted Cybercab.
• Due to a bet, a 2026 Cybercab consumer launch could cost MKBHD his hair — but he's not sweating it.

Tesla's decision to wind down Cybertruck production has Marques Brownlee worried about a different delayed vehicle.

"This doesn't bode well for the Roadster," Brownlee, the YouTube reviewer popularly known as MKBHD, said on a Friday episode of the "WVFRM Podcast."

On November 6, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on X that the EV maker would stop building the Cybertruck by mid-2027 to focus on production of the steering wheel-less Cybercab. Earlier this year, Tesla also retired its Model S and Model X, as it shifts more of its attention toward autonomous vehicles and humanoid robots.

That makes the Roadster, Tesla's twice-revealed and long-delayed supercar, a questionable fit in the automaker's lineup, MKBHD said. It's the only vehicle in Tesla's lineup that the automaker isn't trying to make fully autonomous.

MKBHD has followed the Roadster saga particularly closely. He previously held two reservations for the high-flying vehicle, but he said in September 2025 that he had canceled one after waiting nearly a decade for delivery.

And, for the Cybertruck, he said he thinks Tesla missed a golden opportunity.

"If they just made like a good, simple SUV type-thing, like the EV9," he said. "That would have sold a lot. People would have wanted that everywhere."

About MKBHD's hair…

The YouTuber has a big bet with Tesla stans: If Tesla, as it once predicted, sells Cybercabs to US consumers by the end of 2026, he'll shave his head.

Tesla debuted its gold-painted Cybercabs in Austin in September, but the vehicles were used exclusively in Tesla's own ride-hailing service — not sold to individual drivers.

Now, Tesla's plan to continue making Cybertrucks until mid-2027 is making MKBHD even more confident in his bet.

"Alright, I'm probably good," he said. "I did just get a haircut."