NoTimeToLose
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A delay in delivery of our expensive EVs is a first world problem. Get over it, folks.
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Australian Model 3 Waiting Room
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Tesla, Covestro push to add trucks as Shanghai’s cases soar to 23,624
Tesla and Covestro are among foreign multinationals lobbying Beijing to allow more truck drivers to work between Shanghai and other regions of China, after their operations were hit hard by the city’s Covid-19 containment measures.
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Shanghai to relax some lockdown restrictions as Covid-19 infections continue to rise
Authorities in Shanghai will conduct a new round of mass Covid-19 testing, the results of which will help to determine new zoning classifications in the city.
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Hmmm… China is wrestling with a very slippery snake this time around. Omicron is too transmissible to be stopped with lockdowns, because even the few emergency, official and essential services personnel allowed out and about is still enough to continue to spread it to the wider population. That wasn’t the case with the original virus, or Alpha, Beta, Gamma, or Delta.
So I’m sceptical that this lockdown will be short and that Shanghai will return to anything like normal any time soon. So sorry to those who recently ordered a Model 3
. China will have to basically wave the white flag and rely on vaccination to prevent a health meltdown like most of the rest of the world now has.
But I might be wrong.
So I’m sceptical that this lockdown will be short and that Shanghai will return to anything like normal any time soon. So sorry to those who recently ordered a Model 3
. China will have to basically wave the white flag and rely on vaccination to prevent a health meltdown like most of the rest of the world now has.But I might be wrong.
it’s not the only industry affected
delays and disruptions in manufacturing and trade have broad impacts, not just in the first world
A desire for the resuming of manufacture happens to coincide with a desire for Shanghai's suffering citizens able to return to their normal lives. So no, shall not get over it.
This is true.Hmmm… China is wrestling with a very slippery snake this time around. Omicron is too transmissible to be stopped with lockdowns, because even the few emergency, official and essential services personnel allowed out and about is still enough to continue to spread it to the wider population. That wasn’t the case with the original virus, or Alpha, Beta, Gamma, or Delta.
So I’m sceptical that this lockdown will be short and that Shanghai will return to anything like normal any time soon. So sorry to those who recently ordered a Model 3
But I might be wrong.
The other angle is how pissed off Shanghainese are. The basis of the social contract China has with its people is 'give us your freedom and we will ensure you have food and abundance' - to the point where it informs a great deal of day to day culture. This situation is a pretty major fault in that agreement as many people in lockdown in Shanghai are going hungry.*
There is talk of brewing unrest, and it may be enough that CCP decides to ease lockdown faster than they would have, for fear of stoking flame.
*This is a really complex topic so a lot of nuance here has been lost due to the brevity of this post.
I understand peoples frustration given that this will cause even more months of delays, but looking closer at the circumstances and seeing that people are literally starving over in Shanghai really puts it in perspective and makes our issue insignificant at the end of the day.
NoTimeToLose
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Yes, that’s the point I was trying to make in my earlier post. Sure It's a shame we'll have to wait a bit longer, but it's hardly worth mentioning compared with the situation people are facing in Shanghai.
Luddo
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I had a question about the 'next steps before delivery'. The salesman I spoke to when ordering in the store said that I would receive a final invoice before delivery. Do I need to pay anything more than the $350 initial deposit to progress my order, get a VIN, and then be sent the final invoice?
I can't see anything in the order agreement about a 5-10% deposit or anything, that some other car manufactures require. It's been 5 months andeveryone else a lot of other people on here that ordered around the same as me seem to at least have a VIN assigned, if not picked up their car. So just want to make sure I haven't been skipped because I missed a step in the process. My account says the next steps are submit final payment, but I can't see a final invoice, only the Order agreement. Do I need to send the payment from the order agreement to get assigned a car and progress to the delivery step?
*EDIT: I don't know how to do the signature thing that everyone else has, so here are my order details:
Brisbane - Model 3 LR | Order date: 15/11/2021 | VIN: N/A | Delivery: N/A
I can't see anything in the order agreement about a 5-10% deposit or anything, that some other car manufactures require. It's been 5 months and
*EDIT: I don't know how to do the signature thing that everyone else has, so here are my order details:
Brisbane - Model 3 LR | Order date: 15/11/2021 | VIN: N/A | Delivery: N/A
Nope, that's all you need to do. The VIN won't appear until sometime after the cars are manufactured for the quarter - this would have been about now, but for the Shanghai lockdown.
garylovesbeer
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If 2020 is a guide, when Aus cars came from Freemont and it was also closed due to Covid, Tesla will pull out all stops to get the foreign deliveries away.
A bunch of cars were made mid-May and rushed onto ships for late June delivery (think the first delivery that quarter was 25 June)
A bunch of cars were made mid-May and rushed onto ships for late June delivery (think the first delivery that quarter was 25 June)
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chrome
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There are quite a few who ordered in Nov/Dec 2021, primarily LR and P models who have missed out on Q1 2022 deliveries. I myself and quite a few on here are on the same boat as you. So yes, we were "skipped" but not due to any fault of our own. Hopefully our orders will be fulfilled in Q2 2022.
I am hoping so too, along with those ordering early 2022. If not, well, that's life.
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