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Discussion: Model Y General Waiting room for orders placed After January 2023
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In NJ new EV purchases are not taxed which is kind of incredible given how high taxes are in general. The only extra charges on our order agreement are the destination and order fees. I wonder if there are any other charges but this seems to be it. We are buying the car outright so that might make a difference too..
I don't know how orders are prioritized, but the demand went high after the initial 20% price drop. This site is Canadian, but it talks about inventory and demand in both Canada and the US. It was a quick and interesting read.
Tesla Model Y delivery wait times extend into Q2, existing inventory drops to near single digits
Tesla is seeing an increase in demand for the Model Y in both Canada and the US as delivery wait times for the electric SUV have extended into the second quarter in both countries. At [...]
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I think its mostly conjecture based on past VINs/orders delivered and occasional drone videos.
How many MYPs have had "PA" instead of "PF" in the VIN? Similarly for 7 seaters.
And even white interiors until recently. There was supposedly drone video of some MY with white interiors from Austin, when before Austin was only black interior.
bobtire
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I'm not understanding the argument that higher margin orders are prioritized. Eventually they have to be filled. So why over perform one quarter only to under perform another? That doesn't make much sense to me. Occam's razor would explain all nuances around order dates to be about logistics, logistics, logistics.
slyderz3
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Interesting that it explicitly said $7500 going til end of March. I thought that was still ambiguously ‘March’ everywhere official. Wonder if this was just ignorance or if that is real.
Simple... the people making those claims are upset as to why they haven't received their orders when others have.
Of course, some of them, received direct proof that isn't the case. I saw mention from such a person that their order appeared to move quicker after switch from 20" to 19" wheels, which clearly contradicts their profit margin argument.
Probably ignorance.
I look at it like this: If thousands of people have their orders locked in at the lower pricing points, and I can't fulfill ALL of them by the time the tax credit changes in March, might as well clear out as many as I can with the higher profit margins, knowing that many of the lower-priced customers may cancel after the credits change. Another win-win for Tesla is that another large portion of customers will look at the (current) higher prices and compare them to the $3750 incentive that they "lost", and decide to keep the order considering it to be a wash. This could be why Tesla is refusing to assign VINs to people that had ordered the exact same car (at a lower price).
Just my 100% hypothetical guess.
In that case, you could argue the opposite is true too.
A person with a locked in MYP is going to be cheaper than MYLR if prices keep going up.
It's also just as likely, that folks that are willing to spend more to begin with, might not be as vested in the tax incentive, so they could also keep it afterwards. And that means that skipping the "lower profit" ones hurts, rather than helps. If the more expensive one is willing to wait and stay while you make the "cheaper" one, then you get sale of both. Verses you skip the cheaper one, get the sale of the expensive one and then lose the cheaper one later.
From the moment I put my original MYLR order in, I knew that I was pretty much past the Illinois incentive timing (only up to end of January) and that the range given on the website of Jan-Mar meant I could also lose the federal incentive. So, for me, I decided that I would get the MY because of the price drop and let the incentive be a bonus if I got it. Easier for me to accept any delays.
As you've said, its a guess. So are my comments. The reality is, we only see a small sample based on people we know and some forums like this. For all we know, there could be no such trend as prioritizing higher profit margin cars when looking at the actual delivery numbers.
chobra
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I'm just used to referring to what waitingfortesla.com uses for trim, but like another person mentioned on a newer reply to you that it's technically a standard range AWD (MYSRAWD) and there once upon a time was the standard range RWD (MYSRRWD).
Tesla doesn't provide a breakdown by trim, only by model. It's just what people have observed of what is coming out of Austin versus Fremont, not from an official press release from Tesla.
By model (not trim) from Tesla:
Trim reference from waitingfortesla.com:
Yep. A few weeks ago, my brother finally took delivery of a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid that he ordered nine months ago. Unless you get on several waiting lists and luck out after a bunch of people give up, you could be waiting years for a RAV4 Prime.
Tesla's goal is to produce on 1.8 to 2 million vehicles this year which annualized growth of 50%. Tesla needs demand to match production and wouldn't jeopardize this critical business objective with short-term profit taking. Losing a sale to collect a deposit is hardly a win for Tesla. Production economies of scale, logistics, and just-in-time manufacturing impacted by supply chain constraints (19" vs 20" wheels?) that are the primary factors on production/delivery times.
I'm not trying to be argumentative, just my opinion on this matter. However, I do hope my turn comes up soon.
BelugaWhale
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Be happy. March 1st investor day is coming up and you may get some new tech in your car by waiting or see something else you want to buy this year with a refresh. Just chill and enjoy.
chobra
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Thank you for helping me to understand. I am in Ohio and my sales tax 7.5% I see only title fee do I have to pay seperate registration fee as well.. can I also transfer my existing car plates to MYLR
I would suggest your build or something like that, but it's a regular white and black build. I'd definitely be texting the 510# asking why your EDD keeps getting pushed.
No - that's not how it will work.
What will happen is that on February 28, Tesla will tell me that my Model Y is scheduled for delivery on March 3 and I'll make payment. On March 1, Musk will announce that all Teslas starting that day will have HW4. On March 2, the tax credit will end and I'll be stuck paying $7,500 more for a vehicle with obsolete hardware. I'll take delivery of my overpriced, obsolete vehicle on March 3 only to discover it needs to be repainted. When I get home with it, I'll find out that the Mobile Connector I received last month doesn't work and I'll have no way to charge the vehicle. Tesla will be out of stock on replacements, so the vehicle will sit idle for weeks during which time the battery will die and need to be towed back to the service center. In the meantime, Tesla won't get the registration paperwork to me in time and I'll be stuck paying an additional $300 penalty for late registration and that will be after I get pulled over and ticketed for no registration.
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