Tesla  - Brand Biography

Tesla's Robot Gamble: Why Model S and X Are Dead and Owners Are Jumping Ship


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Tesla has been making waves with seismic shifts signaling a pivot from cars to robots and AI. Elon Musk dropped a bombshell on the late January earnings call per CNBC and The Guardian announcing the end of production for the iconic Model S sedan and Model X SUV next quarter at Fremont factory lines now eyed for Optimus humanoid robots. Musk urged fans Now would be the time to order as Tesla winds down these 2012 and 2015 flagships amid its first ever annual sales plunge with 2025 deliveries at 1.6 million units down 8.6 percent from 2024s 1.79 million according to Tesla's own Q4 report. Revenue dipped 3 percent to 94.8 billion bucks mostly from automotive sales cratering 10 percent while energy storage doubled to a record 46.7 gigawatt hours stealing the show.

Owners are bailing en masse as Claims Journal detailed on February 6 with ex Tesla drivers like realtor Tori Horowitz ditching her Model S for an Audi over Musks polarizing antics from X spats to drug rumors he denies. JD Power and SP Global note loyalty slipping below 50 percent US market share as BYD crowns itself top global EV seller and Cybertruck registrations flop around 15k units. China Teslas biggest market at 625k deliveries still fell 4.8 percent year over year.

Buzz swirls on YouTube channels like The Current with Tesla confirming hardware 4.5 upgrades 5G modems with Samsung via Samsung bigger batteries via 4680 cell tweaks and FSD push post February 14 though unsupervised autonomy faces California DMV heat for misleading claims per Tesla North America posts. Stock watchers eye TSLA climbing to 456.86 as a March pivot per daily analysis vids. Socially Teslas X account recapped 2025 hits like the 9 millionth vehicle on December 30 teasing the best is yet to come. Gigafactory Mexico delays to 2026 and Cybercab robotaxi ramp underscore Teslas bet on autonomy over aging EVs. Whispers of Musk merging Tesla with xAI or SpaceX per Bloomberg add intrigue but stay unconfirmed. The vibe Loyalists hold hope for full self driving conquest while defectors crave less drama more drive.

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