1:19End of an era: the last Tesla Model S and Model X roll off the line in Fremont
After 14 years of the Model S and 11 of the Model X, production has ended. The final car was a black Model S signed by the workers, and a 350-car Signature Edition says goodbye.
The car that made Tesla a serious carmaker is no longer in production. Over the weekend of May 9 and 10, Tesla confirmed that production of the Model S and Model X has ended at its factory in Fremont, California.
The last car
The final vehicle off the line was a black Model S. The production staff signed its bodywork, and it is likely to become a museum piece.
Signature Edition farewell
- Limited run: 350 cars, 250 Model S and 100 Model X.
- Price: $159,420 each.
- Only by invitation: offered to selected existing Tesla owners, not sold publicly.
- Look: garnet red paint, gold Tesla logos, gold brake calipers and gold accents, plus 'Signature' lettering inside.
A delivery event for the Signature Edition planned for May 12 was postponed at short notice, without a new date. Some buyers had already booked travel.
A long run
The Model S was built for 14 years and the Model X for 11. The Model S was Tesla's second car after the original Roadster, and the first it designed fully in-house. It showed that an electric car could be fast, long-range and desirable, and it changed how the whole industry thought about EVs.
Why now
Sales had fallen to a small share of Tesla's total. Tesla groups the S, X and Cybertruck as 'other models', which together came to about 50,850 deliveries in 2025, compared with about 1.6 million Model 3 and Model Y. Fremont's S and X lines, built for up to 100,000 cars a year, were far from full. The space now goes to Optimus.
For owners
Tesla says it will keep servicing the cars, supplying parts and sending software updates. The used market is the only way to get one from now on.
