Tesla Has Removed All Foundation Series Cybertrucks From Its Inventory Page – The Era of the “Limited Edition” Cybertruck Comes to an End Following a Controversy Over Free Supercharger Access

Last night, Tesla removed all Foundation Series Cybertrucks from the company’s inventory page. This means starting today, there is no way to buy these “limited edition” early Cybertruck builds straight from Tesla.

For previous Tesla vehicles, the early special models were called the “Founders Series” models and were usually the first 1,000 examples of a brand-new Tesla product.

However, for the Cybertruck, Tesla sold around 25,000 Foundation Series Cybertrucks in the US before halting the program this November. Although, in Canada, Tesla is still selling the “special” Foundation Series Cybertruck variant.

For an extra $20,000 over the regular Cybertruck, the Foundation Series models include special laser-etched Foundation Series badging and come fully loaded, including the $8,000 FSD software, the $3,000 Cyber Wheels and all-terrain tires, $2,000 worth of white decore, $2,500 worth of Powershare equipment, and more.

After exhausting the over a million people-long Cybertruck truck reservation list, this past November, Tesla finally switched to producing the non-Foundation Series regular Cybertrucks.

However, despite the program ending, there were still hundreds of unsold Foundation Series Cybertrucks in the US, and the EV maker started selling these trucks on the company’s inventory page.

Interestingly enough, these inventory Foundation Series Cybertrucks have recently been a cause for frustration among early Cybertruck owners.

In order to move the unsold Cybertrucks, starting on December 27, Tesla began offering free lifetime supercharger access to anyone buying an inventory Foundation Series Cybertruck.

However, two days after we reported that early Cybertruck owners were considering petitioning Tesla to give them the same free supercharging perk, the EV maker removed all Foundation Series Cybertrucks from its inventory page.

The first person to notice this move is a California Cybertruck owner who asks, “Is the Foundation Series finally over?”

He continues to write…

“Overnight, it looks like there is no longer any inventory posted on Tesla‘s website, although the free supercharging promotion is still on the banner.

Unlikely, they were all sold since they have been stuck on the lots for a while, and the free supercharging offer isn’t compelling for many folks.

Curious if they have all been purposed as demo/showroom trucks or if there was some orbital buffing of badges…

Regardless, it was a fun year for all of us early adopters. My one-year anniversary is coming up on the 19th - good times!”

Looking at Tesla’s inventory page in the US, there are indeed no Foundation Series Cybertrucks for sale anywhere in the country.

Currently, there are only seven Cyberturcks on Tesla’s inventory page, and they are all regular non-Foundation Series Cybertrucks.

It’s good to see Tesla finally closing what was supposed to be a limited edition Cybertruck program; however, this still raises a question.

What happened to the inventory Foundation Series Cybertrucks?

Currently, it doesn’t seem like Tesla was able to sell all the inventory Cybertrucks overnight. What’s more likely is, as the Cybertruck owner from California suggested, Tesla has repurposed the vehicles to be displayed in showrooms across the country and to be used as demo ride vehicles.

There were also reports that Tesla was buffing out the Foundation Series badging and selling the vehicles at a discount as regular versions. However, we haven’t yet been able to verify those reports independently.

Overall, whatever Tesla decides to do with the Foundation Series Cybertrucks, it’s interesting that the EV maker removed them from the inventory page less than two weeks after offering the free lifetime supercharger promotion.

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Tinsae Aregay has been following Tesla and the evolution of the EV space daily for several years. He covers everything about Tesla, from the cars to Elon Musk, the energy business, and autonomy. Follow Tinsae on Twitter at @TinsaeAregay for daily Tesla news.