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Australian Model 3 Waiting Room
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Something in my gut tells me that the VIN's just allocated are already on a ship, or will be on the Morning Clara. Can see the next big rush being mid July.
When I got my VIN on 25/05, Morning Clara was parked off Fraser Island. It then stopped at Brisbane, then went to Port Kembla, and unloaded the cars there.
Given the current location of the ship now, there’s a reasonable chance they are on it.
I thought it was related to the increased power used by the Ryzen chip running infotainment/screen etc. The reduction in range was pretty small from memory. Could be wrong.
Been thinking the same and that maybe these assigned VINs are perhaps just Tesla trying to clear the most overdue orders...so I reckon the VINs could stop for a couple of weeks. Would love to be proven completely wrong!
Just rang the support and was told "I will be very surprised if the allocation hasn't happened to your car in the next one or two weeks. The system is just doing allocation in batches to avoid overloading."
2nd of March 2022 Reservation.
2nd of March 2022 Reservation.
I was wrong. It is now obvious that Model 3s will arrive in Q3 too. Let me update what I said:
Q1 2022: There were 4,417 Model 3 registrations in Australia in Q1 2022 according to this article.
Q2 2022: I estimate 250 Model 3 registrations in Q2. These are leftovers from Q1, not new arrivals.
Q3 and Q4 2022: I estimate 4,700 Model 3 and 6,700 Model Y registrations in Australia in Q3 and then the same in Q4,
By the way, some specs of MIC Model 3 and Y can be found in this document: https://www.miit.gov.cn/cms_files/f...ch/20224/39a4716160414ee8874808c50fe30b5b.pdf
This is from the MIIT website (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology). In the PDF file, search for 特斯拉 which means Tesla. You can differentiate Model 3 and Y by vehicle length. Also, the last row shows motor power, for example, 194 kW.
People getting Model Y VINs on 28 June means that production at Giga Shanghai has switched to the Australia version of Model Y on 28 June. They do this because there isn't enough time left anymore to deliver cars locally. So, they have switched production to exports.
Q1 2022: There were 4,417 Model 3 registrations in Australia in Q1 2022 according to this article.
Q2 2022: I estimate 250 Model 3 registrations in Q2. These are leftovers from Q1, not new arrivals.
Q3 and Q4 2022: I estimate 4,700 Model 3 and 6,700 Model Y registrations in Australia in Q3 and then the same in Q4,
By the way, some specs of MIC Model 3 and Y can be found in this document: https://www.miit.gov.cn/cms_files/f...ch/20224/39a4716160414ee8874808c50fe30b5b.pdf
This is from the MIIT website (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology). In the PDF file, search for 特斯拉 which means Tesla. You can differentiate Model 3 and Y by vehicle length. Also, the last row shows motor power, for example, 194 kW.
People getting Model Y VINs on 28 June means that production at Giga Shanghai has switched to the Australia version of Model Y on 28 June. They do this because there isn't enough time left anymore to deliver cars locally. So, they have switched production to exports.
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Well didn't see this coming... got vin today for MY SR ordered 10:30 am on day one. Yet my LR M3 ordered 4/1/22 nothing....yet....
A small number of reallocated demos to fulfill some of the oldest orders on the book were new arrivals - a poster here got one that has an April build date.
guilliam_246
Member
Thank you for reaching out to support, My SA has ghosted me like a bad tinder date so its reassuring to hear this and gives me hope that I will get my VIN with a February order
BareFeetTom
Member
I find that really annoying (not you, Tesla). I assumed that my January order for a Model 3 would get priority over a new order in June for a Model Y. If I had known that Tesla would prioritise the newer orders, I might have switched to a Y.
Bear in mind, that the longer you wait, the more features could have been axed from your car. This seems to be the road Tesla has chosen to go at least in the short foreseeable future.
Here is a summary of what's been axed since the beginning of the year:
1. Lumbar Support
2. Radar
3. USB Data Connectivity in Centre Console
4. USB Data Cable to Centre Console (Critical if you wanted to add 3rd party USB data port to central console later)
5. ODB power at front row
More to coming ...
Here is a summary of what's been axed since the beginning of the year:
1. Lumbar Support
2. Radar
3. USB Data Connectivity in Centre Console
4. USB Data Cable to Centre Console (Critical if you wanted to add 3rd party USB data port to central console later)
5. ODB power at front row
More to coming ...
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