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End of an era: Tesla to wind down Model S and Model X next quarter

Tesla's premium models will soon be a thing of the past.

By 

Matthews Martins

 on January 28, 2026

It's over for these two. Credit: Tesla

If you planned on buying a Tesla Model S or a Model X, better hurry: These two models will be discontinued soon.

The plan was mentioned by company CEO Elon Musk during Tesla's earnings call on Wednesday. It was later confirmed in a tweet from Tesla's official account.

"As we shift to an autonomous future, Model S & X production will wind down next quarter," the tweet said. "If you’d like to own one of them, now’s a good time to place your order."

The move doesn't come as complete surprise. Tesla kept its two premium models alive with small updates over the years, but never really gave either model the complete overhaul it deserved (this especially goes for the Model X, which still looks almost the same now as it did when it first launched in 2015).

Instead, the company focused on its best-selling SUV and sedan, the Model Y, and Model 3, while sales of the Model S and X dwindled. When reporting sales, Tesla lumps all of its premium models together in the "other models" category, and in the last quarter of 2025, it sold only 11,642 of these, a 51 percent year-over-year decrease.

Still, the discontinuation of Model S and X is a huge deal for the company and will likely cause a lot of grumpiness among fans. The Tesla Model S was the company's first family sedan, and the first car it sold at any sort of meaningful volume (the Tesla Roadster was the original Tesla car, but it was more of a showcase of what electric cars can do).

Perhaps most importantly, unless it comes up with something new, Tesla will now have a pretty big gap in its lineup. The Model 3 and Y are a compact sedan and SUV, respectively. The Model S is a large family sedan, and the fastest Tesla car you can get; The Model X is the company's most luxurious vehicle and the only truly large family SUV it had in its lineup.

Now, if you want something a bit more posh or spacious from Tesla, you'll have to go for the divisive Cybertruck, which is selling abysmally. That "other models" category we mentioned above? It also includes the Cybertruck and Tesla Semi.

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Tesla's next car should be the self-driving Cybercab/Robotaxi, which isn't something regular people will want to own. The much-delayed new Tesla Roadster should arrive in 2027, but that's a pretty extreme sports car that even Elon Musk admits not everyone should own.

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Instead, Tesla is increasingly focusing on its humanoid robot, Optimus. In fact, the company's production line in Fremont, California, where it used to manufacture the Model S and X, will now be replaced by a production line for Optimus.

What about the cars, though? Per Elon Musk: "The only vehicles that we'll make will be autonomous vehicles, with the exception of the next generation Roadster."

Topics Cars