Elon Musk has issued an “honorable discharge” to the long-serving Model S and Model X.
The Model S launched in 2012 as Tesla’s first volume product and was followed by the Model X in 2015, but have been overshadowed by its mass market Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in recent years.
Tesla delivered approximately 6,000 Model S and 13,000 Model X in the U.S. in 2025, according to Cox Automotive, while the combined sales of the Model 3 and Model Y was more than 560,000.
Musk said production of the S and X will end sometime in the next quarter and their assembly line at the company’s Fremont, Calif., factory replaced by an assembly line for Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot.
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Tesla will soon be ramping up production of its new two-seat Cybercab at its Austin, Texas, factory and Musk said the company’s future efforts will be focused on autonomous mobility. He reiterated his hope that Teslas will be able to pay for themselves as owners add them to the expanding Robotaxi autonomous ride-hailing service that is currently operating in Austin and expanding to several new cities this year. Musk said Cybercab production will begin in April and that it will not be offered with a steering wheel. He projects that it will eventually outsell all of its other models combined.
Tesla is also expected to reveal the production version of its second generation Roadster sports car on April 1, but production is not scheduled to begin until 2027.
This story has been updated with additional information
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