Teslaβs Model S, Soon to Be History, Changed the Auto Industry NYT: Technology By:Neal E. Boudette 30 January 2026 at 10:52 The companyβs chief executive, Elon Musk, said this week that it would stop making the car, an electric pioneer in 2012, as well as the Model X. Β© Philip Cheung for The New York TimesβThe Model S was a breakthrough and ushered in quite a number of technologies people hadnβt seen before,β said Sam Abuelsamid, an executive at Telemetry, a Detroit communications and research firm.