Tesla sends the Model S and Model X to live on a farm upstate, canceling its two longest-running EVs to make way for an autonomous, robotic future.

Tesla will discontinue the Model S and X this spring, converting Fremont production to its Optimus robot program.

On an earnings call January 28, Tesla CEO Elon Musk told investors the automaker will “basically stop production of Model S and X next quarter.”

We can still remember reading the reviews from 2012. Like it or not, the Tesla Model S was pivotal in making EVs gain mass-market appeal, not just in America, but worldwide. It helped that it was a hugely competent car and practically set the baseline for EVs in the coming years.

The Fremont factory will still manufacture Model 3 and Y, but the space where Model S and X are made will instead focus on mass production of Tesla's Gen 3 Optimus robots.