Decipher production timeline via employee twitter

[Chewy3]

Aug 1: Ordered Model 3
Aug 31: Estimated 2-4weeks from delivery
Sep 23: New payment option appeared on MyTesla, Delivery Estimator changed form Oct-Dec to "We'll reach out"
Sep 25: Received VIN, watched it in production
Oct 13: Pre-delivery
Oct 16: Delivered

 

[JeffK]

What stinks about this, at least for me, is that the employee received their car in the estimated window. Granted, this was an easy estimation, the delivery estimation for an AWD Performance model in relation to the full tax credit makes me want to cry.

 

[EchoDelta]

Good work @Chewy3! Thanks for the effort in pulling this together.

 

[andystj]

@twigmouse has posted additional pictures showing the car. Apparently @twigmouse is a mouse.

 

[jbcarioca]

@twigmouse has posted additional pictures showing the car. Apparently @twigmouse is a mouse.

A lucky software engineer mouse!!

 

[Nuclear Fusion]

With far less options, you’d expect a custom order to delivery would be a month or so quicker than S or X

 

[gambit48]

That's one non-bashful furry

 

[TehDoak]

That twitter account is a riot. Who knew, a man dressed as a mouse would get their model 3 before me. Twig Mouse (@twigmouse) | Twitter

 

[gambit48]

The level of detail in his costume is pretty impressive, actually. Theme park quality IMO (except for Disney). Impressed how the hands and feet are pink, like the hairless part of a real mouse. I wonder how much those things cost.

 

[ElecFan]

I bet he'll have a lot of trouble with the touchscreen in his costume.

 

[206er]

This is ridiculous! A mouse is driving around in a Model 3 before any of us!

I'm a squirrel away from canceling out of envy and disgust.

 

[RubberToe]

With far less options, you’d expect a custom order to delivery would be a month or so quicker than S or X

I believe Elon mentioned something about "production hell" at the 7-31 delivery event. That might have something to do with the delivery timeline. I might have seen a thread (or 67) here somewhere even discussing that!

RT

 

[Nuclear Fusion]

I believe Elon mentioned something about "production hell" at the 7-31 delivery event. That might have something to do with the delivery timeline. I might have seen a thread (or 67) here somewhere even discussing that!

RT

I heard that too, so assumed my post wouldn’t need clarification....

 

[mach330]

so 11 weeks from basically order to delivery. good timeline to have as reference.

 

[vinnie97]

Nearly 3 months, which would mean if by some miracle nonowner order invites start going out this week, most of those wouldn't see their vehicles until January assuming no expected exponential ramp-up.

 

[ModelNforNerd]

Nearly 3 months, which would mean if by some miracle nonowner order invites start going out this week, most of those wouldn't see their vehicles until January assuming no expected exponential ramp-up.

Important to note though.......


we've seen in other places that Tesla was replacing parts on employee cars after they came off the line. I'm going to make an assumption here and say that's why this mouse's car was stuck in "pre-delivery purgatory".

I think we're all hopeful Tesla has that figured out by the time they get to Customer cars, i.e. the car rolls off the line as a finished product and goes right out the door.

If they've got this figured out, 11 weeks now becomes a little nearer the 5-6 weeks ballpark. (add a week or 2 more depending on your distance from Fremont).


At least, that's my optimistic viewpoint.

 

[Max*]

I don't think 11 weeks is a realistic estimate by any means. If you believe that the production curve is an S, then by the time the non-employee emails come out that 11 weeks goes WAY down.

 

[smak]

Interesting that an employee got a Oct-Dec estimate, not a Sep-Nov.

Maybe because he ordered after the 7/28 event.

 

[K-MTG]

I know an employee that got Sept-Nov but configured late so it became Oct-Dec...but after ordering it went back to Sept-Nov but he is still waiting for his car.

 

[Zaphod]

I know an employee that got Sept-Nov but configured late so it became Oct-Dec...but after ordering it went back to Sept-Nov but he is still waiting for his car.

Do you know what they ordered? Obviously long range, but what about paint color and wheel choice?