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Electrek reporting Tesla opening up orders to all US and Canada reservations
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Daniel in SD
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It could still determine order of delivery. Looks like they're going to make Performance first and then AWD/LR. There's no reason for them not to prioritize based on reservation time... They're just trying to maximize profits in Q3 by pushing all Performance orders in to Q3.
ℬête Noire
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Agreed, this is strikes me as quite possible. I still haven't heard from any prior order holder if this is new website behavior (so could have weight as evidence of this) or it's legacy text that doesn't mean much: Tesla website behavior after you've ordered your Model 3
They also are likely to hesitant to list an estimate for the First Production as quicker to ship than AWD, drawing away from the LR-D.
They must think they have capacity now to meet all the orders that are going to be thrown at them
dhanson865
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Don't think of it as 300,000 people in one line, think of it like
* 50,000 people in line for $64,000 Performance trim
* 100,000 people in line for $53,000 AWD "all in" AWD + PUP + LR
* 50,000 people in line for $49,000 "First available" - PUP + LR - NO AWD
* 50,000 people in line for $48,000 AWD LR - NO PUP
* 50,000 people in line for $44,000 AWD PUP - NO LR
* 50,000 people in line for $44,000 LR, no PUP, no AWD
* 50,000 people in line for $40,000 PUP, no AWD, no LR
and so on. So long as you pick a config high enough on the list you are ahead of hundreds of thousands of people.
Uncle Paul
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It could just be that Tesla wants to get that ordering data in house so they can plan ahead to configure their assembly line process to optimize output.
ord3r
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To take that even further, you can also divide by country. US/Canada are ahead of all international orders, with US likely back ahead of Canada while the tax credit ramps down.
This makes sense. Would be smart of them to figure out actual demand. Hopefully when they adjust delivery estimates again they can provide better actual estimates. I don’t think these 3-5 month ones are going to hold up for the later reservation holders unless there really are a ton of people waiting for the SR model.
diplomat33
Average guy who loves autonomous vehicles
Yes! I was a July 2017 reservation holder and I got the design studio last night. Ordered today! So excited. Delivery will be in 3-5 months.
diplomat33
Average guy who loves autonomous vehicles
I think Tesla opened the design studio up to all US & Canadian reservation holders because:
1) They confident in their model 3 production rate.
2) They know not everyone will want the same car so they can still prioritize their production line based on what people actually order.
I think it makes perfect sense. There were probably a lot of reservation holders like me, who reserved late, but who want the "1st production" model. Now that they can produce it fast enough, why not let someone like me order it now and make the extra sale?
1) They confident in their model 3 production rate.
2) They know not everyone will want the same car so they can still prioritize their production line based on what people actually order.
I think it makes perfect sense. There were probably a lot of reservation holders like me, who reserved late, but who want the "1st production" model. Now that they can produce it fast enough, why not let someone like me order it now and make the extra sale?
JeffK
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I think the real question here is: as a day 1 reservation holder, will I still get a free little car?
ℬête Noire
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That's close to the real question. The real, real question is if me reserving within the first 24hr counts as a day 1 reservation holder to get one of those model cars.
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