Tesla has ended production of the Model S and Model X at its Fremont, California, factory, closing a chapter for the two vehicles that helped establish the automaker in the electric vehicle market.
The final Model S sedan and Model X SUV rolled off the assembly line Saturday, May 9, according to a company announcement posted on X. Photos shared by Tesla showed employees gathered around the last vehicles, including a black Model S signed by production workers.
The last Model S & the last Model X have been produced at Fremont Factory
14 years of history for Model S, 11 years for Model X
— Tesla (@Tesla) May 10, 2026
The move comes after CEO Elon Musk said during Tesla’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings call that the company would phase out the flagship models and repurpose the production line for the Optimus humanoid robot.
Musk described the transition as an “honorable discharge” for the vehicles and said Tesla aims to eventually produce up to 1 million Optimus robots annually.
The Model S entered production in 2012 and became Tesla’s first fully in-house-developed vehicle after the original Roadster. The Model X followed in 2015, gaining attention for its Falcon Wing rear doors.
Both models played a major role in Tesla’s early growth, but sales declined sharply in recent years as the lower-priced Model 3 and Model Y became the company’s dominant vehicles.
Tesla grouped the Model S and Model X with the Cybertruck in its “other models” sales category. In 2025, Tesla reported selling 50,850 vehicles in that category, compared with roughly 1.6 million combined deliveries of the Model 3 and Model Y.
Tesla previously said the Fremont line producing the Model S and Model X had annual capacity for about 100,000 vehicles, suggesting the facility had been operating well below full utilization.
The company gradually wound down production earlier this year, as previously covered by The Dallas Express. Custom orders reportedly ended in March, while regular manufacturing stopped in April. Tesla then launched a limited Signature Edition series consisting of 250 Model S Plaid sedans and 100 Model X Plaid SUVs offered exclusively to selected Tesla owners.
The Signature Edition vehicles feature garnet red paint, gold accents, and special interior badging. Each carried a reported price of $159,420.
Tesla had planned a delivery event for Signature Edition buyers on May 12 at the Fremont factory, describing it as “an invite-only celebration of the first of the last deliveries of Model S and Model X Signature Edition — ever,” Electrek reported.
But the automaker postponed the event just days before it was scheduled to take place, sending attendees a short email that read, per Electrek, “The Signature Edition Delivery Event scheduled for May 12, 2026, has been postponed. We apologize for any inconvenience.”
The company did not provide a reason for the delay or announce a replacement date.
Some buyers said on social media that they had already spent thousands of dollars on airfare and hotel reservations for the event. Tesla has not indicated whether it will reimburse customers for travel expenses.
The end of production for the Model S and Model X marks a broader strategic shift for Tesla as it increases its focus on robotics and artificial intelligence projects.
The Fremont assembly area that produced the vehicles is being converted to manufacture Optimus robots, though the humanoid robot program has yet to prove it can operate at a large commercial scale.
Tesla has faced additional questions about the project, including supply chain concerns tied to Chinese export restrictions on rare-earth magnets used in electric motors.
Despite their declining sales, the Model S and Model X remain significant in Tesla’s history. The original Model S helped popularize long-range electric vehicles after its launch more than a decade ago, while the Model X expanded Tesla’s lineup into the SUV market.
Tesla has not announced direct replacements for either vehicle.
