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Insurance Companies Are Canceling Tesla Cybertruck Coverage Citing Low Production Numbers – Say, “Due to The Limited Production, We’re Unable to Adequately Rate & Underwrite This Vehicle”

Multiple Tesla Cybertruck owners have reported receiving notices that their Cybertruck insurance policies are being canceled due to low production volumes. Insurance companies say the low production numbers make it difficult to assess liability.
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Author: Tinsae Aregay
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Some insurance providers are canceling Cybertruck policies due to the truck’s low production numbers.

This follows a sharp decline in Cybertruck demand over the past few months, hitting a new low of an annualized rate below 20,000 units at the end of Q2 2025.

For context, Tesla already has the installed capacity to produce 130,000 Cybertrucks per year, and Elon Musk had planned to double that number to 250,000 units annually.

However, as the Cybertruck is turning out to be a flop, it appears to be causing more issues for current Cybertruck owners.

Last year, we were the first to report that GEICO insurance was denying coverage for Cybertrucks specifically under its personal vehicle insurance category.

Since that story, we have seen several Cybertruck owners, using other insurance providers, sporadically getting denied coverage.

At that time, the main reason insurance companies hesitated to cover the Cybertruck was its unusual shape and choice of materials, which raised safety and repairability concerns.

However, now, as mentioned above, we have our first reports of Cybertruck owners losing their insurance coverage because of the all-electric truck’s low production volume.

Due to the limited production numbers, some insurance companies claim they cannot properly assess the fleet-wide repair costs and liability, forcing them to drop coverage when owners try to renew their policies.

Additionally, insurance providers are citing previous concerns about the Cybertruck’s design and high repair costs.

The first person to report on this development is Tobias Troy Vahl, a Cybertruck owner from Illinois.

Tobias says he had his Cybertruck insured through Hanover Insurance until today, when he received a letter from the company terminating his Cybertruck insurance policy.

According to Tobias, Hanover Insurance cited two main reasons for canceling his coverage: the vehicle’s low production volume and the vehicle’s design/high repair costs.

This is definitely not ideal, and Tobias shared his story on the Tesla Cybertruck Owners group on Facebook.

He writes...

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“I got this nice notice from Hanover Insurance today about my Cybertruck insurance renewal. Mind you, ZERO accidents in my life.”

Below, Tobias continues to share the letter he received from Hanover Insurance terminating his coverage.

The letter reads…

“This notice is to advise that we are agreeable to renewing this policy, subject to the following:

The renewal policy will be revised with the following change: Due to the limited production of the 2024 Tesla Cybertruck, we are unable to adequately rate and underwrite this vehicle.

Its design presents a unique challenge, as it poses an extraordinary expense for repair or replacement under comprehensive or collision coverage; therefore, we are removing the Tesla Cybertruck from the policy.”

Finally, Tobias concludes his post by sharing that he lives in Illinois.

It appears Hanover Insurance is “agreeable” to continue Tobias’s overall insurance coverage, provided that the Cybertruck is removed from the policy.

This is surprising,  however, looking at the comments, other Cybertruck owners shared that they, too, have received similar notices from Hanover Insurance terminating their Cybertruck coverage.

A fellow Cybertruck owner, Tricia Ellis, writes…

“We were also with Hanover Insurance and got the same notification.

Took all our insurance away from them and went with Farmers! Much better deal! Good luck!”

We’ve reached out to Hanover Insurance for further explanation regarding the company’s Cybertruck policy. 

Please let us know what you think in the comments. Share your ideas by clicking the red “Add new comment” button below. Also, be sure to visit our site, torquenews.com/Tesla, regularly for the latest updates.

For more information, check out: A Tesla Cybertruck Owner Says His Glass Roof Started to Spontaneously Crack Due to the Heat – Adds, “The Cracks Spiraled Like a Tornado or a Spider Web”

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.

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Comments

Buzz Wired (not verified)    July 29, 2025 - 12:43PM

And this is what happens when you rush to buy a flop vehicle instead of performing pre-purchase due diligence.

Ron (not verified)    July 31, 2025 - 8:21AM

In reply to by Buzz Wired (not verified)

I can't wait for Tesla insurance but we don't have it in Indiana yet. I have a Cybertruck and have insurance through State Farm and it is not much more than insuring any other vehicle. The cybertruck is the most amazing vehicle I have owned in my life and I do not plan on ever replacing it. It is also rated the safest, so it is amazing that even insurance companies have fallen prey to the gossip. Their loss ...because they could really have profited from insuring it. To say they don't have enough data shows how backward the insurance industry is. And they will go extinct when Tesla is allowed to offer insurance nationwide. Thank you Elon!


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Mike (not verified)    July 30, 2025 - 9:38AM

Hrm. A "win" for people who hate Tesla and/or the Cybertruck specifically. A loss for EV owners and the ownership process in general. 🤷

Shannon (not verified)    July 30, 2025 - 4:48PM

Geico still supports the truck. There was an accident and then contacted the users about this. This feels like click bare journalism.

Robert (not verified)    August 3, 2025 - 10:14AM

In reply to by Ts. (not verified)

The Cyber Truck is the worst design of a car ever. Looks like it was supposed to be like a military vehical. Similar military vehicals look like this. Seems to only come in one colour, gray. Interesting that a very few insurance companies want to insure them.

Deng Li (not verified)    July 31, 2025 - 7:58AM

This has nothing to do with underwriting. You can insure many cars produced in far smaller numbers. Woke corporate executives are attacking Musk because he supports Republicans.

I will never buy insurance from a company that won't insure Teslas.

Nonsense (not verified)    July 31, 2025 - 10:24AM

If this were even remotely true then high end sports cars such as Lamborghini and Ferrari would also be uninsureable...

Cassie Lam (not verified)    July 31, 2025 - 11:43AM

Cybertruck's steer by wire is untest. Cybertruck's implimentation is unsafe. If steer by wire on Cybertruck fails it is forced to steer straight only and the driver's only option is to apply brakes. Good lucky if each wheel decides to steer in random directions. When a normal car power steering fails, the driver can still steer with more effort.

Michael Gavin (not verified)    July 31, 2025 - 2:07PM

People were in such a rush to buy the new toy of the month and never stopped to think about what a piece of junk it is. Why would any insurance company want to insure such an overpriced under engineered piece of mechanical trash.

Linclon (not verified)    July 31, 2025 - 3:19PM

It was more hype than reality. The best thing at this point is start a company and put it under fleet coverage. Or sell it overseas where they are a novelty. Hurry before the value drops through the floor and regain some of your capital.

Rol (not verified)    August 1, 2025 - 11:01AM

Easy fix. Elon Musk can open its own insurance company if these insurance companies doesn't want to cover tesla cars for whatever reason might be political. Elon has all the money. He can build his own insurance company without sweat anyway insurance companies these days are way too expensive and almost unreachable. Elon can solve anything on its way.

Vincent L Jackson (not verified)    August 1, 2025 - 12:00PM

Fake news. GEICO does offer insurance and so do other companies. The truck is not a flop. They've sold 80k units at nearly $100K each. Other EV truck makers have sold less than Tesla and you don't see fake news stories like this one about those companies.

GreenEyedLady (not verified)    August 4, 2025 - 2:58AM

In reply to by Vincent L Jackson (not verified)

Did you not read that they've slowed production to 20,000 units a year, even though Elon had built up capacity to produce over 250,000 trucks a year? They've nearly stopped production because there are so many thousands of unsold trucks at showrooms and in empty lots in the US and Canada. Yes, that butt ugly "truck" is a flop. It's so dangerous that the UK won't even allow it to be sold or driven there. Cybertruck sales have plunged even more in Europe than they have in the US and Canada. Face it, it's a great big ugly flop.

Alex (not verified)    August 3, 2025 - 4:27AM

Any insurance company that actually has a grip on its risk management policies will cancel all insurance policies on all Teslas before they launch FSD wider.

No LiDAR, no coverage.

Carl (not verified)    August 3, 2025 - 9:03AM

I think the insurance company's that cancel tesla vehicles have made up excuses but in fact are run by democrat scum who will do anything in there power to hurt Republicans. Sore loosing democrat scum listen up the people have spoken you are the lieing cheating minority . You lost get over it !

Bobby …Nationa… (not verified)    August 4, 2025 - 7:59AM

1. CONSUMER RIP-OFF$$$ Terrible resale value as the wholesale and trade in value plummets and consumers lose thousands.
2.Substandard paint as its chips easily on any highway driving.
3. Awful road noise is very evident like driving with the windows open
4. Questioning the “Glass top and its impact and exposure to skin cancer.
5. I bought a longe range tesla 3 and limited to only 80% charge at the charging stations unless I am asked to pay about 20% more at charging station doe to”active charging area” as Tesla now allows other manufacturers to use our stations…Sucks for longe range trips
6. Absolutely no regard for the original owners as their car value dives..They knew this by offering a pathetic lease program so they didn’t have to take the cars back after the lease a lose millions $$$…
7. Substantiate this data with “ Auto Auctions Tesla sales history” with any auto wholesaler

Bobby …Nationa… (not verified)    August 4, 2025 - 2:21PM

1. CONSUMER RIP-OFF$$$ Terrible resale value as the wholesale and trade in value plummets loses thousands
2.Substandard paint as its chips easily on any highway driving.
3.road noise is very evident.
4. Questioning the “Glass top and its impact and exposure to skin cancer.
5. I bought a longe range tesla 3 and limited to only 80% charge at the charging stations unless I am asked to pay about 20% more at charging station doe to”active charging area” as Tesla now allows other manufacturers to use our stations…Sucks for longe range trips
6. Absolutely no regard for the original owners as their car value dives..They knew this by offering a pathetic lease program so they didn’t have to take the cars back after the lease a lose millions…
7. Data can be verified using Manheim Auto Auction tesla sales history by any wholsaler

David Priestley (not verified)    August 4, 2025 - 11:19PM

Ho hum. Another day, another anti-Tesla yellow journalism piece on Torque "News". According to multiple comments, GEICO has not dropped Cybertruck coverage. Will Torque "News" correct their false statement? Will I win the lotto tomorrow without buying a ticket? And who is Hanover Insurance? Anyone ever heard if them? Since when do insurance companies refuse to cover vehicles with production in the tens of
thousands of units per year?