Tesla has made a decision regarding the future of its flagship vehicles, the Model S and Model X, which both have been sticking around for “sentimental reasons” and have no true alignment with the company’s future goals of growth.

The Model S and Model X were Tesla’s first two vehicles to be offered to the public.

They were essentially fundraisers for future, mass-market, affordable models, according to Elon Musk’s “Tesla Master Plan,” but their ability to still attract some buyers thanks to the performance of the Model S or the space of the Model X keeps them lingering.

But speculation regarding the vehicles’ true place in the expanding Tesla lineup has been persistent. With the vehicles, which have been grouped in with the Cybertruck in its quarterly delivery releases, only amounting to 23,000 deliveries in Q4, there are questions as to whether it is still worth keeping them around.

Tesla’s VP of Vehicle Engineering, Lars Moravy, said on the Ride the Lightning podcast yesterday that there are currently no plans to eliminate the Model S and Model X from the lineup.

When asked about whether there were plans for the Model S and Model X moving forward, Moravy replied:

“Just give it a minute. We’ll get there. The upgrade a couple of years ago was bigger than most people thought in terms of architecture and structure of the car got a lot better, too. But, we’ll give it some love later this year and make sure it gets a little bit…you know, with the stuff we’ve been putting in 3 and Y. Obviously, with 3 and Y, the higher volume stuff, you’ve gotta focus there.”

He confirmed that the two vehicles were not going anywhere “anytime soon.”

? When @DMC_Ryan asked Lars Moravy if Model S and Model X have some updates coming, the Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering said:

“Just give it a minute. We’ll get there.”

Sounds like another refresh is coming, and the flagships aren’t going anywhere. pic.twitter.com/Y6MPp47MJC

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Moravy said the Model S and Model X are great consider when you consider autonomy and the robotaxi use: the Model S due to its overall quality and the Model X because of its interior space.

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Tesla is offering a crazy Supercharging incentive for those who choose to buy two vehicles that CEO Elon Musk said the company is keeping around for “sentimental reasons” a few years ago.

Tesla Supercharging incentives are pretty hard to come by, and it is hard to tell when the company is going to offer them. Usually, they are used to move vehicles and nudge consumers toward purchasing one model over another.

However, Tesla sometimes offers Supercharging incentives at random times for no real reason other than luck of the draw.

However, Tesla is using the Supercharging incentive to help move two of the cars that are low-volume sellers, but are kept around for what Musk called “sentimental reasons” in 2019.

Tesla is offering free Supercharging for those who choose to purchase or lease a new Model S or Model X.

The offer is good for the life of your ownership or lease. Tesla talks more about the terms on its website:

“Customers who purchase or lease a new Model X (or Model S) are eligible for free Supercharging during your ownership of the vehicle. Offer is tied to your Tesla Account and cannot be transferred to another vehicle, person or order, even in the case of ownership transfer. Used vehicles, business orders and vehicles used for commercial purposes (like taxi, rideshare and delivery services) are excluded from this promotion. You are still responsible for Supercharger fees, like idle and congestion fees, when applicable.”

This is a great promotion to attempt and move some of Tesla’s vehicles, especially two that the company only keeps around because they are two of the company’s foundational, flagship cars.

Musk said in 2019:

“I mean, they’re very expensive, made in low volume. To be totally frank, we’re continuing to make them more for sentimental reasons than anything else. They’re really of minor importance to the future.”

Tesla has not released a major update to the Model S or Model X in a few years. In 2022, it launched the Plaid configuration, but it has not received any true modifications since then, leading some to believe they could be sunsetted in the future.

For now, it seems they will be sticking around, but Tesla is still adjusting the prices and incentives of the two vehicles. Earlier this week, Tesla pushed the Model X’s price in the U.S. up by $5,000.

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Tesla has increased the price of both of its Model X trims by $5,000. The company made the move late Thursday evening, marking the first time the flagship vehicle has seen a bump in price since the middle of last year.

The increase now puts the trims over the $80,000 limit for the Federal EV Tax Credit of $7,500.

The two trims of the Model X now cost $84,990 and $99,990 for the All-Wheel-Drive and Plaid builds, respectively.

?Tesla has increased the price of the Model X by $5,000 in the U.S.

– All-Wheel-Drive – $84,990
-Plaid – $99,990 pic.twitter.com/7rdOtMcYqb

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The price increase could be blamed on several things: a short-term squeeze as tariff pressure builds, Tesla’s wish to gain some more margin on the Model X, a low-volume vehicle, and potentially a way to push consumers toward the Cybertruck, a vehicle that has a tremendous future for the company.

In Q4, Model S, Model X, and Cybertruck accounted for 23,640 of the 495,570 deliveries Tesla made. Cybertruck was likely a majority of this figure, but an exact breakdown is not available as Tesla does not break down their deliveries by model.

The Model X is a very low-volume vehicle at this point in time, and people who are buying it are truly fans of the car itself. It is unlikely that this $5,000 bump in price will change their minds about the vehicle, especially at its new starting price of $84,990.

In 2019, CEO Elon Musk referred to the cars as “niche products” and said Tesla was building them for “sentimental reasons more than anything else”:

“I mean, they’re very expensive, made in low volume. To be totally frank, we’re continuing to make them more for sentimental reasons than anything else. They’re really of minor importance to the future.”

This sentiment alone sort of insinuates that Tesla could be trying to push consumers in the direction of vehicles that have more meaning in the future. This would be the Cybertruck, specifically because of the comparable price point.

Perhaps the biggest piece of this story is the fact that the Model X is now out of the qualifying price for the EV tax credit of $7,500. This fact seems to mean that consumers would potentially consider the Cybertruck for their vehicle over the Model X, simply because of relevance and now the tax credit qualification.

The last time Tesla initiated a price change on the Model X was back in July 2024, when it bumped the price up by just $2,000.

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