Would be surprised if Tesla do that. It is super expensive to transport by road. But again Tesla is consistently inconsistent so we never know.
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Australian Model Y Waiting Room
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Up until midway through last year, all vehicles except for Western Australian were road transported from Port Kembla. WA vehicles were transshipped from PK to Fremantle.
Hi Jcan trust your pick up went well. I am MY white/white induction wheels ordered 17 June SYD. Checking if you got the UMC charger included for free as promised for all orders up to July last year? Look fwd to collecting 29 April here and trust get charger and battery is at 100% on pick up. Cheers
I've got to assume Tesla will make good on their promise to include a UMC.
Just an interesting aside for anyone like me who has ordered a UMC - mine came with a superfluous CCS Combo 2 Adaptor (really only useful for people with old model S/X). When I asked about it, Tesla Sales realised their "might" have been a problem with the order. On closer inspection, it came with 8A and 12A tails, which is also not the current type. I am awaiting more information from Tesla, but assume they'll swap it, or send me the correct tails.
tl:dr If you order a UMC, check carefully if it's the right version.
Pick up went well at Miranda! The UMC was included along with USS on the bumpers. As expected, no cover over the trunk area (labelled as trunk and frunk on display). Almost forgot, on pickup the battery was on charge and only at 70% at time of departure... We made it home with no worries, but I was surprised it wasn't charged more. From default they have the charging set at 16Amp, be sure to change it higher if you can for home charging.
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That's great, jcan. It will be interesting to hear how the range goes on the all-terrain tyres. I gather from elsewhere it doesn't change the range much. I'm all for more robust tyres where possible.
The current UMC situation.
Build date 28/2 or prior - comes with a UMC regardless of order date.
Build date later then 28/2 - no UMC included, if order was placed before July 8th 2022, Tesla will email a voucher for $550 for the online store (was told this will be emailed when delivery date is booked in).
Sure. I was just suggesting that people check whether they actually receive the correct kit. It appears that I didn't, since it had the wrong tails and a superfluous adaptor.
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I've seen many reports like that.
The Model S / X needs internal upgrades to make use of that adaptor, so it's really only useful for people who paid for the CCS2 upgrade (or has a more recent model with the upgrade included) and then somehow managed to lose their adaptor.
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But they delivered more than 4000 in September (nearly 6000 if you include Model 3) so they can ramp things up if they want to.
They just need to stop messing around with the scheduled shipping and send more Tesla-only charters.
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I met a few model Y owners back in December who had the CCS2 adaptor in the Car at delivery, someone at the factory is a bit confused.
Interesting observation. Just curious how to find if a ship is carrying any Teslas. I hadn't heard of Viking Sea before your post. Looks like it's headed straight from Shanghai to Port Kembla, with hopefully plenty of cars.
You can search through the threads and see if the ship name pops up but it’s all a guess until vins are assigned. Paganella for example is an armacup routine ship that most know sometimes carries tesla amongst other cars. Viking sea is different, it’s a molace ship which have carried teslas and has normal routes as well as chartered routes. The Shanghai - PK route isn’t new but it’s also not a normal route so dare say a car manufacturer or agency has chartered this ship and noting the timings could be carry teslas. Will have to wait and see.
Prestige ace left Shanghai around this time last quarter and was a molace ship on a direct to Melbourne and carried teslas
I think the only way you can save this $400 is to sell your order before you pick up your MY RWD. But this will involves risks as well, such as tesla lower their MY prices, nobody wants to buy your order, etc. You can walk in to your local Tesla shop, see if they can help you modify your order.
Many of us did when the LR was released (I did) with no loss of deposit, but apparently that was open for a kimited time and expired just before Easter. No-one knows why but some were told the ability to change to LR and keep deposit expired on 11 April. I swapped on the first LR day and was told something different. Tesla makes all the rules but doesn't explain them.
Sorry you are quite right! Missed that. I don't think they allow change of model and keep deposit, it has come up as a question before.
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