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Tesla Raises Dual Motor Prices as Texas Builds Cybercabs

Tesla added $5,000 to Dual Motor and Premium Cybertrucks, froze Cyberbeast at $99,990, and already lists Texas truck capacity at 125,000.

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3 weeks ago

August 28, 2026

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Tesla added $5,000 to two Cybertruck trims on August 24 without changing a single spec. The Dual Motor AWD now starts at $74,990 and the Premium AWD at $84,990, while the Cyberbeast stays at $99,990.

The people who pay that new number are remaining Dual Motor and Premium shoppers. Tesla left the halo truck alone, kept using sister-company fleets as a buyer of last resort, and now lists Cybercab production on the same Texas site.

Dual Motor and Premium Jump $5,000 Overnight

The U.S. order page moved on the night of August 24. Dual Motor climbed from $69,990, a 7.1 percent rise. Premium rose from $79,990 by the same $5,000. Tesla did not add range, motors, or equipment.

THE NEW U.S. STICKERS

Trim	Prior price	New price	Change
Dual Motor AWD	$69,990	$74,990	+$5,000
Premium AWD	$79,990	$84,990	+$5,000
Cyberbeast	$99,990	$99,990	None

The frozen Cyberbeast is the tell. Premium now sits $15,000 under the tri-motor truck instead of $20,000, so the step up is cheaper even as the two volume trims got more expensive. Tesla has not said why only those two moved.

On the order page, Dual Motor range and tow ratings are unchanged: 325 miles of EPA range, 7,500 pounds of towing, and 4.1 seconds to 60 mph. Premium still lists 325 miles, 11,000 pounds of towing, and the same 4.1-second sprint, with air suspension that Dual Motor does not get.

Tesla Cybertruck Dual Motor AWD new $74990 US sticker — Cybertruck Premium AWD price hike $5000 August order page

Who Pays the Extra $5,000?

A price rise with no new hardware is a transfer. It does not fall evenly across Tesla’s Cybertruck world.

THE PARTIES IN THE NEW MATH

Dual Motor shoppers: They buy the entry truck Tesla dangled at $59,990 in February and now face $74,990 for the same coil-spring, textile-seat spec.
Premium shoppers: They pay $5,000 more for air suspension and the 11,000-pound tow rating, while the gap to Cyberbeast shrinks to $15,000.
Cyberbeast buyers: Their sticker did not move, so the hike is a Dual Motor and Premium event, not a full-line event.
Business buyers: Tesla’s own Cybertruck page still flags a Section 179 write-off, which softens a $5,000 rise for companies in a way a household buyer does not get.

Personal retail buyers of the two cheaper trims are the group with no offset. They cannot use a fleet transfer and they do not get the frozen $99,990 halo price. Tesla is asking that group to fund a truck it no longer treats as a volume product.

Raising the sticker on a slow seller is a poor way to clear metal, and that objection writes itself. The move only makes sense if Tesla thinks the people still shopping Dual Motor and Premium will not walk, which is a much smaller club than the mass pickup buyer promised in 2019.

The Same Truck Cost $59,990 in February

Tesla put Dual Motor on sale on February 20 at $59,990 and billed it as a short demand test. The official truck account called it the most affordable Cybertruck yet. Musk said the price would last about 10 days, and the offer ended February 28.

This is our most affordable Cybertruck yet.

Cybertruck, Tesla’s official truck account, February 20, 2026

New version of Cybertruck now available to order in the US

This is our most affordable Cybertruck yet.

Tough as nails with ultra-low cost of ownership

– Starts at $59,990
– Dual Motor AWD w/ est. 325 mi of range
– Powered tonneau cover
– Bed outlets (2x 120V + 1x 240V) &… pic.twitter.com/xMRF0cFo0X

— Cybertruck (@cybertruck) February 20, 2026

Anyone who locked that order is now $15,000 under today’s Dual Motor sticker, a 25 percent swing on the same truck in about six months. Tesla lifted the trim to $69,990 when the window closed, then added another $5,000 last week.

THE DUAL MOTOR PRICE CLOCK

February 20, 2026: Dual Motor AWD goes on sale at $59,990, with Tesla also cutting Cyberbeast from $114,990 to $99,990.
February 28, 2026: The 10-day Dual Motor price ends and the trim moves to $69,990.
August 24, 2026: Dual Motor rises to $74,990 and Premium to $84,990, with Cyberbeast still at $99,990.

That February window did produce a rush of $250 holds, and delivery estimates slipped from summer into late 2026 and 2027. A 10-day fire sale is not the same thing as durable demand at $74,990. Tesla then spent the next six months walking the entry price back toward the Premium truck it already had.

SpaceX Took Nearly One in Five

U.S. registration tallies for the fourth quarter of 2025 put 7,071 Cybertrucks on the road. SpaceX took 1,279 of them, about 18 percent of the quarter. xAI, The Boring Company, and Neuralink added 60 more, taking Musk-linked entities to 1,339 trucks, or 19 percent of U.S. registrations in that stretch.

THE CAPTIVE SHARE

Q4 2025 U.S. total: 7,071 Cybertrucks registered.
SpaceX take: 1,279 trucks, about 18 percent of the quarter.
Other Musk firms: 60 more through xAI, The Boring Company, and Neuralink.
Early 2026 follow-on: 158 in January and 67 in February, still inside the same group of companies.

Strip those transfers out and organic registrations in that quarter fall 51 percent from a year earlier. The sister companies are not window shoppers on tesla.com. They do not absorb a public $5,000 configurator hike the way a Dual Motor retail buyer does, and they have already shown they will take trucks when outside demand thins.

First-half 2026 U.S. registrations were 8,473, down 34 percent from 12,831 in the first half of 2025. Industry tallies still put unsold U.S. stock near 3,000 trucks. Tesla is raising Dual Motor and Premium into that pile, not discounting it.

Giga Texas Now Lists Cybercab Beside It

Tesla once talked about 250,000 Cybertrucks a year. In its second-quarter 2026 update the company instead put listed Cybertruck capacity above 125,000 at Gigafactory Texas, with Cybercab listed at the same figure on the same site. Cybercab production has started there.

The July 2 production filing groups Cybertruck with Semi and leftover Model S and Model X under Other Models. That bucket built 8,822 vehicles in the second quarter, down 34 percent from 13,409 a year earlier, and delivered 12,364, which means Tesla pulled more than 3,500 units out of that inventory even before last week’s sticker move. First-quarter Other Models deliveries were 16,130, so the spring quarter was already softer.

Factory time at Giga Texas is no longer a Cybertruck-only story. The plant is building the robotaxi vehicle on the same campus, a mix already tied to Dual Motor prices as Texas builds Cybercabs. A $5,000 rise on the two slower trims rations retail slots without Tesla having to announce a truck cut.

Ford Already Left the Battery-Truck Lane

Ford ended production of the all-electric F-150 Lightning in December 2025 after the truck failed to fill its plant, and said the Lightning name would return as an extended-range model with a gasoline generator. The Lightning had outsold Cybertruck in the United States, then Ford walked away from that battery-only bet rather than lift prices on a shrinking audience.

Tesla is doing the opposite. It is keeping Cybertruck on sale, lifting Dual Motor and Premium, and leaving Cyberbeast under $100,000. The 2019 order FAQ still on Tesla’s support pages once said the truck would start at $39,900. Dual Motor at $74,990 is a different product for a different buyer, closer to a write-off toy than a work truck at volume.

Tesla has not explained the August 24 change. The Dual Motor that started at $59,990 in February now starts at $74,990, and the people who still want one are the ones who pay it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a new Cybertruck cost with destination fees?

Tesla’s Dual Motor MSRP is $74,990, but destination and order fees of $2,245 take that truck to $77,235 before tax. Premium is $87,235 with those fees and Cyberbeast is $102,235, which is why some listings quote the truck several thousand dollars above the order-page start price.

What deposit did Tesla take on the February Dual Motor deal?

Buyers who wanted the $59,990 Dual Motor put down a $250 order to lock the 10-day price, and those holds were not free window-shopping. Delivery windows then slipped from summer 2026 into late 2026 and 2027 as the queue filled, which Tesla treated as proof of demand even though the offer lasted only through February 28.

What equipment does Dual Motor skip compared with Premium?

Dual Motor uses coil springs with adaptive damping and a textile interior, and it omits the ventilated seats and rear screen that sit on Premium. Premium adds adaptive air suspension, adjustable ride height, and the 11,000-pound tow rating, while Dual Motor is capped at 7,500 pounds.

Did Tesla change Cybertruck performance when it raised prices?

No. Dual Motor still lists 4.1 seconds to 60 mph and 325 miles of range, and Premium keeps the same 4.1-second figure with the higher tow rating. Cyberbeast remains the quick truck at 2.6 seconds to 60 mph, which is one reason Tesla could freeze that sticker while lifting the two slower trims.

What starting price did Tesla first advertise for Cybertruck?

Tesla’s early ordering FAQ said Cybertruck starts at $39,900, the figure attached to reservations years before production. No retail Dual Motor has sold at that number, and the current $74,990 Dual Motor is $35,090 above that original start price.