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EU finalize and deliveries
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i ordered my Model S nearly 3 years ago, bouhgt a Roadster to cover the gap not expecting it will last that long. I have now over 147.000kmnon my odometer. holidays in Bavaria starts 1st august, but no Model S for the holidays trip. my Model S ist still in production for the 3rd week now. (was already in production several month ago).
My VIN 14983 is much lower then cars being delivered in the US VIN 155xx.
My VIN 14983 is much lower then cars being delivered in the US VIN 155xx.
"The following documents were published on the web forum of the Norwegain Electric Vehicle Association last night."
I'd hardly call that information from Tesla, which is the point. Are those documents available for download through MyTesla yet? Not everybody reads TMC to find the information they need about their car.
good to know. that puts us all out about a month and a half max 2 months
so in this light mine should be arriving around the end of September latest mid October.... that's cool. should hopefully be in europe at that point of the year
gelden
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My (april) delivery window was oct/nov. Now it is specified to end nov. So still within the original window.
i was told beginning of August but nothings since then. the last thing I heard was maybe end of August....... so no clue. interesting that you guys have specific time frames......
gelden
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I don't really need the twin charger that much. But what are they going to do, retrofit it later?
that's curious. are the twin chargers different for europe and yes will they retrofit them?? I also ordered the pair and do feel I need them since this will be our long distance car until the X
but end of year still fine since no long distance trips until next summer again.
Volker.Berlin
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US chargers don't have support for 3-phase, so yes, they are different in a quite significant way. Based on remarks from Elon, e.g., in Oslo earlier this year, it seems that EU chargers have been developed more or less from scratch, and that they are even more efficient than the US chargers.
One of the fundamental principles though is that chargers can be stacked, i.e., "a twin charger" is in fact a set of two identical chargers. The same applies to the superchargers: They basically consist of 12 of the same chargers stacked on top of each other. This makes production relatively simple and scalable (read: cheap). So if they are short on twin chargers, it basically means they are short on chargers in general. Given the choice of equipping cars with twin chargers and delivering fewer cars, our putting a single charger into all cars and delivering more in the same time frame, they seem to decide for the latter. I have no doubt that they will retrofit that second charger for customers who ordered them (which includes myself) as soon as supply catches up.
I wonder how this affects the rate at which superchargers are installed in Europe... I don't have indication whether European superchargers are based on single phase chargers or three phase chargers, and if the shortage applies to all chargers or to three phase chargers only.
Volker.Berlin
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I'd love to know. Official time frame is August-September 2013 (communicated when I finalized in April), but I haven't heard anything specific yet. That's not surprising since I do not have a Signature. Regular production EU #3.
I'm on the same boat as you. myTesla shows "sourcing parts" and I wonder how longer it'll be before it switches to "building".
At the moment it feels a lot like going to a restaurant asking for a steak but since they've got none left, they go chasing...
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