{"id":35671,"date":"2026-02-06T13:51:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=35671"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:52:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:52:35","slug":"tesla-2-0-what-customers-think-of-model-s-demise-optimus-robot-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/tesla-2-0-what-customers-think-of-model-s-demise-optimus-robot-rise","title":{"rendered":"Tesla 2.0: What customers think of Model S demise, Optimus robot rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">At the Detroit Auto Show in 2011, the Tesla stand was mobbed. With its 17-inch screen, staggering acceleration and sleek looks, the Model S sedan wowed a new generation of tech-savvy buyers and redefined electric vehicles as performance cars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Just 15 years later and the Model S is finished, along with its equally dramatic, gull-wing-door SUV doppelganger, the Model X. Cue the Optimus robot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In Tesla Inc.\u2019s January earnings call, CEO Elon Musk shocked the auto world in announcing the wind-down of Model S\/X production. Manufacturing capacity in Fremont, California, will be converted to robot assembly \u2014 consistent with the company\u2019s trillion-dollar market valuation based on expectations it will transform the U.S. market with autonomous humanoid and auto robots.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/02\/04\/PDTN\/88509700007-tesla-somerset-optimusrobotwindow.jpg?width=660&amp;height=372&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"The new guy. An Optimus robot at the Tesla store in the Somerset Collection in Troy shares floor space with Model 3 and Model Y vehicles.\" width=\"530\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The new guy. An Optimus robot at the Tesla store in the Somerset Collection in Troy shares floor space with Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Henry Payne, The Detroit News<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/2026\/02\/04\/tesla-2-0-what-customers-think-model-s-demise-optimus-robot-rise\/88508624007\/\">Read full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Detroit Auto Show in 2011, the Tesla stand was mobbed. With its 17-inch screen, staggering acceleration and sleek looks, the Model S sedan wowed a new generation of tech-savvy buyers and redefined electric vehicles as performance cars. Just 15 years later and the Model S is finished, along with its equally dramatic, gull-wing-door [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35671"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35674,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35671\/revisions\/35674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}