There's been some blogging over high reservation numbers not only getting configured, but getting delivered, meaning there are lots of cancellations.
In this TMC post, reservation 11,808 became VIN 5032 delivered 2/2013
In this TMC post, reservation 14,417 became VIN 5776, to be delivered within a month from today.
11808->5032 means 6776 reservation slots were skipped.
14417->5776 means 8647 reservation slots were skipped.
Or, a delivery of 744 slots out of 2609. That seems pretty bad (72% drop out rate). Are there really that many 40kWh or coil suspension or red cars being desired? The non-air suspension is the only thing I think is really popular, since many people don't pay for suspension upgrades on other cars.
At the local Tesla store, they're quoting about 3 months from reservation to delivery for 85 kWh, air suspension, non-red cars, and about 6 months otherwise.
The only rationale explanation is that Tesla is building cars way out of order. And the out of order comes from people finalizing right away versus people waiting a month (1600 cars) to finalize. Right?
In this TMC post, reservation 11,808 became VIN 5032 delivered 2/2013
In this TMC post, reservation 14,417 became VIN 5776, to be delivered within a month from today.
11808->5032 means 6776 reservation slots were skipped.
14417->5776 means 8647 reservation slots were skipped.
Or, a delivery of 744 slots out of 2609. That seems pretty bad (72% drop out rate). Are there really that many 40kWh or coil suspension or red cars being desired? The non-air suspension is the only thing I think is really popular, since many people don't pay for suspension upgrades on other cars.
At the local Tesla store, they're quoting about 3 months from reservation to delivery for 85 kWh, air suspension, non-red cars, and about 6 months otherwise.
The only rationale explanation is that Tesla is building cars way out of order. And the out of order comes from people finalizing right away versus people waiting a month (1600 cars) to finalize. Right?
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