Tesla is now accepting Cybertruck trade-ins. 2 owners showed us how much their vehicles have depreciated.
Tesla's Cybertruck launched with some asterisks.
Owners technically weren't allowed to resell the vehicle for a year — if they did, Tesla said it could sue for damages and blacklist the owner from buying future Teslas. Tesla also didn't offer Cybertruck trade-ins.
Now, more than a year and a half since the first Cybertrucks were delivered, the company is allowing owners to trade in the electric pickup for credit toward a new Tesla, offering a glimpse into its depreciation rate.
Two Cybertruck owners shared the estimated trade-in values that Tesla offered them after they requested a quote: one who owns the all-wheel drive model and the other who has a top-of-the-line Cyberbeast variant. Despite a difference in mileage of more than 10,000 miles, both vehicles showed a similar depreciation rate of around 37% to 38%.
The all-wheel-drive owner told BI he spent around $100,000 on the Cybertruck about a year ago, including add-ons. After driving 19,623 miles with the vehicle, his trade-in estimate came in at $63,100, a roughly 37% depreciation.
The Cyberbeast owner said he purchased the vehicle in September for around $118,000 plus tax, which took the total cost to roughly $127,000.
The owner received a trade-in estimate of $78,200, also representing around a 38% decrease in value in 8 months of ownership.
Tesla's trade-in estimates are just that — estimates. Tesla notes in the fine print under the estimate that the value is "based on current market conditions and vehicle details," and that the estimate could differ from the final offer. In other words, the final amount Tesla is willing to credit to the owner could end up being less. EV news website Electrek reported earlier on Tesla beginning to accept Cybertruck trade-ins.
Vehicles famously begin to depreciate as soon as owners drive them off the lot, but Tesla's trade-in estimates give a glimpse into how the company values used Cybertrucks at a time when some car dealers have shared struggles to sell used models.
The trade-in estimates shared with BI suggest the Cybertruck has a higher depreciation rate than the average vehicle. Kelly Blue Book estimates that new cars depreciate about 30% on average over the first 2 years and lose an added 8% to 12% each year after that.
But it's important to note that EVs tend to depreciate at a higher rate as used models have increasingly hit the market amid the EV buying slowdown in recent years. An iSeeCars study that analyzed over 800,000 5-year-old used cars sold from March 2024 to February 2025 found that EVs lost the most value, depreciating 58.8% in five years.
The study found that trucks and hybrids retain the most value, with trucks losing 40.4% of their value in a five-year period. Still, the rates that Cybertruck owners shared appear steeper than similar models like Rivian's all-electric 2023 R1T, which depreciated about 29% in the last two years, according to Kelly Blue Book.
Not all Tesla models depreciate at the same rate. While the iSeeCars study revealed that the Tesla Model S ranks among the top depreciating vehicles, with an average five-year depreciation rate of 65.2%, the Model 3 holds the lowest five-year depreciation rate among EVs at 55.9%.
While depreciation rates can vary based on several factors, including market conditions and mileage, the Cybertruck's decline in value comes amid wider pressures on the brand.
Amid political backlash over Tesla CEO Elon Musk's involvement in DOGE, Cybertruck owners have faced harassment and vandalism. Some owners have expressed interest in selling their vehicles, with one telling BI earlier this year that he returned his Cybertruck soon after purchasing it due to concerns about his kids getting bullied.
Despite Musk saying Tesla had over 1 million reservations prior to its release, a March recall filing revealed Tesla delivered fewer than 50,000 Cybertrucks. BI also earlier reported that the automaker has scaled back Cybertruck production in recent months, dropping targets for several Cybertruck lines.
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