{"id":187845,"date":"2026-02-16T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/tesla-to-halt-model-s-and-model-x-production-next-quarter-pivoting-to-robotics-and-ai-future\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T09:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:25:11","slug":"tesla-to-halt-model-s-and-model-x-production-next-quarter-pivoting-to-robotics-and-ai-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/tesla-to-halt-model-s-and-model-x-production-next-quarter-pivoting-to-robotics-and-ai-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla to Halt Model S and Model X Production Next Quarter, Pivoting to Robotics and AI Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/avandatimes.com\/tech\/tesla-to-halt-model-s-and-model-x-production-next-quarter-pivoting-to-robotics-and-ai-future\/\">Tesla to Halt Model S and Model X Production Next Quarter, Pivoting to Robotics and AI Future<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/avandatimes.com\/tech\/tesla-to-halt-model-s-and-model-x-production-next-quarter-pivoting-to-robotics-and-ai-future\/\">https:\/\/avandatimes.com\/tech\/tesla-to-halt-model-s-and-model-x-production-next-quarter-pivoting-to-robotics-and-ai-future\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-16 09:22:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"avandatimes.com\">avandatimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Discontinuation of Model S and Model X:<\/strong> Tesla has announced it will cease production of its Model S sedan and Model X SUV, marking a shift away from their foundational premium electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Strategic Vision Change:<\/strong> CEO Elon Musk explained that the move is part of Tesla&#8217;s transition to focus more on artificial intelligence and robotics rather than being primarily a hardware-centric automaker.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Declining Sales and Revenue:<\/strong> Financial reports and sales figures for 2025 indicate declining revenue and sales for the Model S and Model X, prompting a reallocation of resources.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Rise of Model 3 and Model Y:<\/strong> Tesla&#8217;s production is now heavily focused on its more accessible Model 3 and Model Y, which together accounted for approximately 97% of the company\u2019s deliveries in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Fremont Factory Reconfiguration:<\/strong> The Fremont factory, which currently produces the Model S and Model X, will be reconfigured to manufacture Tesla&#8217;s Optimus humanoid robot.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Focus on Robotics and AI:<\/strong> The strategic pivot reflects Tesla\u2019s ambitions to develop autonomous future technologies, including driverless technology and advanced robotics, and plans to produce up to 1 million Optimus robots annually.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla to Halt Model S and Model X Production Next Quarter, Pivoting to Robotics and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":187846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/avandatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Logo.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-187845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187847,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187845\/revisions\/187847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}