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(11,822 posts) Wed Jan 28, 2026, 07:04 PM Jan 28

Tesla discontinues Model X and S vehicles as Elon Musk pivots to robotics [View all]

Source: The Guardian

In the clearest sign yet that Tesla is pivoting away from its electric car business, CEO Elon Musk announced on Wednesday's investor call that the company would discontinue production of its Model X SUV and Model S full-size sedan.

"It's time to basically bring the Model S and X programs to an end," Musk said. "We expect to wind down S and X production next quarter."

The model S and X factory in Fremont, California would be converted to produce Tesla's upcoming Optimus robot, Musk said.

Tesla's most recent quarterly earnings report showed slumping vehicle sales and declining revenue as the Musk pins the company's futures on AI and robotics. The earnings report described Tesla's chaotic year as a "transition from a hardware-centric business to a physical AI company".

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/28/tesla-q4-earnings-estimates-elon-musk

The Fremont factory is right down the road from me. Wow. Can't happen to a more deserving idiot.

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Tesla discontinues Model X and S vehicles as Elon Musk pivots to robotics [View all] ificandream Jan 28 OP

🤣🤣🤣 People better dump their Teslas - parts will be hard to find and pricey ! Bread and Circuses Jan 28 #1

Hard? Probably impossible is closer. cstanleytech Jan 29 #17

Not like it was 40 years ago and longer, when you could just find a car no longer running and get the parts off of it rpannier Jan 29 #20

They were warned. Oh well. travelingthrulife Jan 30 #35

So, the Model Y and CyberTrashCanOnWheels are STILL going to be made? er.. glued together? Exp Jan 28 #2

LOL, great name for that ugly so-called truck. mdbl Jan 28 #3

In case you haven't seen it. ... aggiesal Jan 28 #12

The Y makes sense Miguelito Loveless Jan 29 #21

In other words, people are not buying them because Musk is a deranged Trump sycophant so just stop making them. Lonestarblue Jan 28 #4

As do I, Miguelito Loveless Jan 29 #22

I know several people who own Teslas and they are good vehicles, BUT now...no way Bread and Circuses Jan 29 #31

How long until their robotics are shut down as well? sakabatou Jan 28 #5

Within a year, Miguelito Loveless Jan 29 #23

Look up Boston Dynamics rpannier Jan 30 #34

Guessing maintenance contracts will be terminated and on-board software disabled. erronis Jan 28 #6

My Model S is 11 years old Zorro Jan 28 #7

Currently those EV's from China, can't be sold here anyway. ... aggiesal Jan 28 #10

He had the US market sewn up Miguelito Loveless Jan 29 #24

I suspect Muskbots aren't the real reason they're cancelling the S and X jmowreader Jan 28 #8

Their sales went down, when Mu$k turned out to be some South African Nazi. ... aggiesal Jan 28 #9

Tesla is "pivoting" away from the electric car business because the genius Musk alienated his main audience Prairie Gates Jan 28 #11

Pivoting away from an industry Miguelito Loveless Jan 29 #25

What they need to do is discontinue Leon. Buddyzbuddy Jan 28 #13

I said from when Musk exposed his true colors anyone who buys one is a sucker! IrishAfricanAmerican Jan 28 #14

It used to be that Tesla owners Miguelito Loveless Jan 29 #26

So much for Musk's big pay package from a couple of months ago. OnlinePoker Jan 28 #15

I wonder how many years their current inventories will last. nt Gore1FL Jan 28 #16

Fewer shitty cars to build more shitty robots that nobody will buy. Brilliant. n/t flvegan Jan 29 #18

AI Bubble Bursts and there will go his trillion dollars rpannier Jan 29 #19

Musk said they will sell humanoids by 2027. "Everyone will want one!" he said. Robot armies in every city? Doodley Jan 29 #27

Muskrat can sell those robots to ICE RainCaster Jan 29 #30

Have you seen his robots rpannier Jan 30 #33

Musk's foray into politics destroyed Tesla's business PJMcK Jan 29 #28

As it turns out, Tesla was trying to get out in front of their dismal earnings Prairie Gates Jan 29 #29

I'm sorry to see them them go, especially the Model S Polybius Jan 29 #32

legendary speed??? So you can accelerate to max 65-75 mph fastest? travelingthrulife Jan 30 #37

0-60 in 1.99 seconds Polybius Jan 30 #38

And how many brazillions of dollars did the Tesla leadership give him to keep this brain travelingthrulife Jan 30 #36