Musk just announced at the Tesla earnings call that the Model S and Model X will be discontinued in the second quarter of 2026.
Thes two flagship models, which once led the global automotive industry’s electrification wave, are about to close the curtain after more than a decade of release.
The Model S was first released in 2012, followed by the Model X in 2015.
The increasingly fierce competition from local and Chinese conventional automakers has severely impacted Tesla’s demand.
Although Tesla launched derivative models such as the ”Refreshed Model Y,” “Model YL/YP,” and “Reduced Configuration Standard Version” this year in an attempt to reverse the decline,sales still fell 8.5% year-on-year, with cumulative sales of approximately 1.6 million vehicles.
