"You can still buy the vehicles as long as there are units to be sold, and Tesla promises to support them for as long as people have them. Once they're gone, though, they're gone for good, because Tesla is converting their production space in the company's Fremont factory into a space for the manufacturing of Optimus humanoid robots."
"For the entirety of 2025, for instance, Tesla delivered 1,585,279 Model 3 and Y vehicles but only sold 418,227 Model S and X units. The company also had to stop selling Model S and X in China in mid-2025, because they were being imported from the US and were subject to China's tariffs that were put in place in response to US President Donald Trump's tariffs on imported goods."
"In the call, Musk said that Tesla's long-term goal is to be able to manufacture 1 million Optimus robots in the current Model S and X production space. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland a few days ago, the CEO announced that Tesla will start selling Optimus to the public by the end of next year. Musk has big plans for Optimus and once said that it's bound to become the "biggest product of all time," bigger than cellphones, "bigger than anything.""
Tesla will stop producing the Model S and Model X next quarter and will convert their Fremont production space to manufacture Optimus humanoid robots. Model S entered production in 2012 and Model X in 2015, but Model 3 and Y have become the company’s primary sellers. In 2025 Tesla delivered 1,585,279 Model 3 and Y vehicles versus 418,227 Model S and X units. Sales of Model S and X in China halted mid-2025 because imported units faced Chinese tariffs tied to U.S. trade tariffs. Tesla will continue supporting existing S and X owners and will sell remaining units while supplies last.
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