---
title: "Refreshed Versions of Tesla Model S, Model X Won’t Happen Anytime Soon"
description: "CEO Elon Musk confirmed via Twitter what many Tesla owners and fans feared most."
date: "2019-07-09"
modified: "2019-07-09"
authors:
  - name: "Stef Schrader"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/stef-schrader"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/28897/refreshed-versions-of-tesla-model-s-model-x-wont-happen-anytime-soon"
categories:
  - "Car Tech"
  - "Electric Vehicles"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Tesla News"
tags:
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "luxury"
  - "model s"
  - "model x"
  - "sedan"
  - "Tesla"
---

# Refreshed Versions of Tesla Model S, Model X Won’t Happen Anytime Soon

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Most automakers do some kind of mid-cycle refresh once their cars have been out for a while. These can be mostly cosmetic at times, but a refresh is a series of changes done to [revive excitement](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/17280/tesla-model-3-the-first-serious-review>) in a model that's been around for a while. So, here's some bad news if you didn't like the last major revision to the Model S that ditched its vestigial front grille: Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter that he wouldn't be refreshing the Model S or Model X.

https://twitter.com/\_/status/1148443699858292736

Musk claimed on the same thread that there wouldn't be an interior revamp, either. The current S and X are what you get for the indefinite future, and won't be reworked to look more like the Model 3, for [better](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/17280/tesla-model-3-the-first-serious-review>) or for worse.

What will be coming is a series of small ongoing changes, like the one Musk notes wherein the [Model 3's rear drive unit](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/28234/tesla-model-s-performance-now-runs-10-second-quarter-mile-times-from-the-factory>) was repurposed as the new front drive unit on the Model S and Model X.

Despite some speculation to the contrary, Musk also confirmed that the Model S and Model X won't be discontinued anytime soon in favor of newer, hotter-selling model lines, [*TechCrunch*](<https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/08/tesla-will-not-refresh-its-model-s-or-model-x-electric-vehicles/>) notes. Tesla already [killed off](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/25888/tesla-is-axing-its-cheapest-model-s-and-x-trims>) its entry-level Model S and Model X earlier this year, but has continued rolling out slight upgrades to the cars for better range and performance.

Despite that, sales of Tesla's larger, older models have shrunk to a fraction of that of the Model 3. As *TechCrunch* mentions, Tesla delivered a combined 17,650 Model S and Model X cars compared to the 77,550 Model 3s alone in the second quarter of this year. Musk once described the idea of cutting the S and X from the lineup as an act of hubris, so it's safe to say they're here for the long haul.

## Author
Stef Schrader is a former senior staff writer for The Drive. She started writing about cars in 2013 after meeting Jalopnik's editor-in-chief at a race track, where Stef can be found at every available opportunity.

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