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#28,001
richardnau said:
I suspect that the physics of floating bodies and the logistics of RoRo ships would mitigate against this.

In this regard (maybe others!) Tesla makes things difficult for itself. VINs (particular vehicles) are assigned to buyers before the vessel has landed. This means that specific vehicles must go to specific ports.

Now work with me here... These ships are not like shopping centre car parks. The vehicles are packed in nose to tail, door to door. And there are multiple levels (decks). You can't unload from the bottom of the ship without unloading the top, or she'll tip over. You can't unload from the front without first unloading the back (because the cars are gridlocked).

So... when you pack the cars in, you have to decide which cars are going to each port. Cars for the LAST drop off port go in first: to the lowest deck, and to the back of the deck. Cars for the first port will be on the top deck near the door. When you allocate VINs to buyers, you lose the flexibility of changing the order of the ports, because you have to offload specific cars at each port. To change the order of ports, you'd need to be prepared to offload (and then reload) all the cars that need to be moved in order to (i) give access to the cars you need and (ii) maintain balance so the whole thing doesn't turn turtle.

Like most things in modern life, it's complicated!
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Thanks for the info, very interesting!
 
#28,002
richardnau said:
I suspect that the physics of floating bodies and the logistics of RoRo ships would mitigate against this.

In this regard (maybe others!) Tesla makes things difficult for itself. VINs (particular vehicles) are assigned to buyers before the vessel has landed. This means that specific vehicles must go to specific ports.

Now work with me here... These ships are not like shopping centre car parks. The vehicles are packed in nose to tail, door to door. And there are multiple levels (decks). You can't unload from the bottom of the ship without unloading the top, or she'll tip over. You can't unload from the front without first unloading the back (because the cars are gridlocked).

So... when you pack the cars in, you have to decide which cars are going to each port. Cars for the LAST drop off port go in first: to the lowest deck, and to the back of the deck. Cars for the first port will be on the top deck near the door. When you allocate VINs to buyers, you lose the flexibility of changing the order of the ports, because you have to offload specific cars at each port. To change the order of ports, you'd need to be prepared to offload (and then reload) all the cars that need to be moved in order to (i) give access to the cars you need and (ii) maintain balance so the whole thing doesn't turn turtle.

Like most things in modern life, it's complicated!
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Yeah assigning VIN so early is probably done for some logistic reason but as you say, it makes things less flexible as the ship approaches its destination in regards to future logistics redesignating cars to regions. The only time I could see them skipping ports would be if the first port was going to be unavailable for an extended period of time, making either unloading/reloading or vin reassignment more viable. But that sounds less likely on larger ships ..
Thanks again for the write up, very interesting and some good points there!
 
#28,003
Hmm I didn’t notice that this plastic cover was missing on the demo car boot? But yeah, that ledge looks to be carpeted and no plastic cover?

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I love how quick these guys are to get things designed and to market. Teslas should probably come with these?

Scratch Protection Lid
 
#28,012
Jules22 said:
love all the media BS and click bait this morning for a "recall" (over the air update) that is literally increasing the font size for a warning message to stupid people doing stupid things...
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I honestly had a guy yesterday telling me he would never buy an EV because "When they catch on fire they are harder to put out than a normal car" and "Workplaces should not provide charging for EVs because its not fair on other workers when they catch on fire".

Amazing. Apparently me buying an EV is bringing the fire and brimstone.

i didnt buy in to the drama and stupidity, but replied in the way that anyone who knows me would understand... "Well when the next EV catches fire at work, you'll get to work from home for a while"

Turn a negative into a positive and all that :)

My ZB Calais had a recall on the brakes, which was beaten up in those same stupid car websites which are based on "blokes and V8s" saying how "this is what happens" and blah blah blah. The actual recall was to do with something so remote and unlikely, it was a few points on a curve that were slightly out and unlikley to actually cause an issue, fixed by a software update, but that was only brought up after all the clicks and bravado haha.
 
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#28,014
dronus said:
Hmm I didn’t notice that this plastic cover was missing on the demo car boot? But yeah, that ledge looks to be carpeted and no plastic cover?

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I love how quick these guys are to get things designed and to market. Teslas should probably come with these?

Scratch Protection Lid
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I wish Tesla would hurry up and release Highland-specific accessories 🫠
 
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