Outta here, cars! Tesla has to make room for promises of an automated, robotic future.
The various non-truck models of Tesla aren’t known for looking super distinct from one another. If you’re like me, when you see a Tesla on the road you sort of have to squint to tell the Tesla Models S and X from the more common—and cheaper—Models Y and 3. This irksome game may have just gotten easier, because Models S and X are being killed off.
Eagle-eyed Tesla watchers may have noticed that Models S and X looked like they were in trouble last summer when Tesla stopped taking orders in Europe. Then on an earnings call on Wednesday, Musk confirmed our suspicions, announcing the end of production for both product families.
The soon-to-be-discontinued Model S is the oldest model actively produced, having been around since 2012. It was more or less the replacement for the Roadster, the car that you probably just identified as “oh look a Tesla” when it was new.
