“So if you’re interested in buying a Model S and X, now would be the time to order it.”The Model S and Model X are both built at the company’s Fremont, California factory. First teased before the release of the Model S in 2012, the Model X SUV didn’t hit the streets until 2015. A long time comingIn hindsight, the retirement of the Model S and Model X have been a long time coming. At that point, Tesla was still selling tens of thousands of Model S and Model X SUVs per quarter. The Cybertruck’s failure likely gave the Model S and Model X some cover.