EU finalize and deliveries

[speedmind]

EU P-3 was delivered the same day the same time in another German city. I just did not find the time to post since! ;-) Volker and Volker had a Model S-to-Model S phone call later that day. Sound quality was good, the new-car excitement was even better (and still is, at least for me).

Congrats boys, I'm not too far away with my P441...

 

[Hybris]

Confirmation from Tesla on 10/10. Still no VIN. How lomg can it take? Seems extremely random?

 

[DonPedro]

Confirmation from Tesla on 10/10. Still no VIN. How lomg can it take? Seems extremely random?

Yes it is officially random, and does not affect delivery date. On June 12, the first Norwegian customers for their VINs. Some of them received the car on Aug 7, others are still waiting.

 

[jkirkebo]

The European standard is Type2. J1772 is a foreign standard, which over time will disappear from the European marketplace. (I wonder when Nissan will update the Leaf with a Type2 connector instead of a J1772 connector?)

There is no point in fitting a Type 2 connector to a car with a single phase charger. No advantage whatsoever over the Type 1 connector. The only difference is that you carry a Type 2-Type 1 cable instead of a Type 2-Type 2. The former cable should also be cheaper and thinners as it needs fewer wires (of course it is possible to make a single phase Type 2-Type 2 cable also but I have not seen any).

 

[DonPedro]

Does anyone have any figures for registrations in the Netherlands and Switzerland in October?

 

[speedmind]

Does anyone have any figures for registrations in the Netherlands and Switzerland in October?

Last number I heard late last week for Switzerland was 111 cars delivered.

 

[shiitake]

I'm happy to report a projected date of Nov. 20th for my delivery. P163 in Berlin. Loooong wait.

 

[fredag]

There is no point in fitting a Type 2 connector to a car with a single phase charger. No advantage whatsoever over the Type 1 connector. The only difference is that you carry a Type 2-Type 1 cable instead of a Type 2-Type 2. The former cable should also be cheaper and thinners as it needs fewer wires (of course it is possible to make a single phase Type 2-Type 2 cable also but I have not seen any).

Fair point.

When will the Leaf come with 3-phase charging?

 

[Mario Kadastik]

Wow, just discovered that I'm in production too now!!! Originally Tesla had told me to expect to enter in production late December or early January which would mean I got pulled ahead almost two months got to call Tesla on Monday (doubt anyone's there during weekends) to double check and find out what the delivery date is. Woot woot! Just sold my old car today so this is excellent news

 

[Hybris]

Mario how did you discover that?

 

[LuckyLuke]

Reserved 11 dec 2011, EU P653, delivery planned for 15 nov 2013 in Tilburg. I am counting down the days now, getting harder and harder...
Feels like when I was a little boy waiting for xmas presents

 

[Mario Kadastik]

Mario how did you discover that?

By checking My Tesla

 

[Hybris]

So my tesla actually change sometimes? ;-)

 

[KaJu74]

So my tesla actually change sometimes? ;-)

Yes, but if that's reliable, no one knows.

 

[Hybris]

Looks like a trainee sitting and randomly changing info on mytesla... ;-)

 

[xhawk101]

Actually they do lots of work on weekends

 

[Mario Kadastik]

Well I got through to Tesla today to the regular guy who has been keeping tabs on my order. The In Production change is for real, it means that my cars components have now all been sourced and reserved and it's waiting in the production sequencing queue to enter actual production. What this seems to mean is that some supplier issue was resolved and a lot of cars got their parts sourced and assigned and now it's just the batching and queueing on the factory floor that determines when the car is finished. He still gave me a January 2014 delivery estimate, but considering the car is waiting to enter assembly and that takes 3-5 days add to it shipping for 45 days (that's what he said) and a week at Tilburg we're looking at two months and in two months it's January So any EU order that changed to production now is likely to be delivered in January.

 

[nlc]

So any EU order that changed to production now is likely to be delivered in January.

I hope !! Mine also just entered in production (France)

 

[Foleson]

Interesting... they are building mine as well, although I have requested delivery in March and not in January as first scheduled. They confirmed March, so are they gonna let the car stay in storage at the factory or somewhere else? (P25145).

Last time I had about 2 months between "Building your Model S" and delivery.

 

[Mario Kadastik]

Interesting... they are building mine as well, although I have requested delivery in March and not in January as first scheduled. They confirmed March, so are they gonna let the car stay in storage at the factory or somewhere else? (P25145)

Well that's interesting. I think they just have secured the supply for your car and for March delivery they need the car ready around January so it's not that long away. But I'd recommend calling Tesla and asking what exactly does it mean in your case.