Found a LOT of Model 3's in a Tesla lot - Pictures inside

[Reddy Kilowatt]

If there weren't so many car haulers helping the Dodge truck out I would be a little concerned on how empty the lot still looks. Hopefully as noted above they might have there logistics figured out to keep up with production. keeping a days worth of cars on the lot?

Finally got a delivery date for our 3, May 15th. 5 weeks after ordering.

Augkuo thanks again for the photo's.

 

[sooner]

The 3 line was stopped for a week which drained the lot. Hopefully, the car carriers match production going forward, and are numerous

Yes, I am aware. I mean now that production should be back to pre-shutdown numbers (allowing room for a gradual ramp to those numbers to make sure new things are working as expected) or even higher. I was hoping the lot would be overflowing by this point, assuming same rate of trucks. As it is not, I am hoping they have increased the rate of trucks.

 

[tpatana]

If we assume ~50 trucks a day to keep up with the ~3000/week delivery rate, and say loading truck takes 1 hour and they are doing it 16 hours a day, on average hour we should see 3-4 trucks at any given moment. If the loading takes 2 hours, double that.

 

[Todd Burch]

If we assume ~50 trucks a day to keep up with the ~3000/week delivery rate, and say loading truck takes 1 hour and they are doing it 16 hours a day, on average hour we should see 3-4 trucks at any given moment. If the loading takes 2 hours, double that.

Not all cars leave from this lot, so you can't work it out that way (unfortunately).

 

[tpatana]

Not all cars leave from this lot, so you can't work it out that way (unfortunately).

True. Also there's S/X models shipped, so estimating A trucks = B model3's delivered is ballpark at best. But earlier we often saw 7-10 trucks at the lot, so now the 3-5 sounds low but based on that estimate above it could still be 3k+ weekly production.

 

[Waiting4M3]

True. Also there's S/X models shipped, so estimating A trucks = B model3's delivered is ballpark at best. But earlier we often saw 7-10 trucks at the lot, so now the 3-5 sounds low but based on that estimate above it could still be 3k+ weekly production.

I would give it a few more days for the lot to fill. Based on Troy's sheet, it looks like VIN assignments just started to pick back up to pre-shutdown level yesterday. My theory is that VINs are assigned after car comes out of production, but before shipping out, so it may take a few days for the VIN assignments from yesterday to reaching the parking lot to ship out.

 

[Todd Burch]

I would give it a few more days for the lot to fill. Based on Troy's sheet, it looks like VIN assignments just started to pick back up to pre-shutdown level yesterday. My theory is that VINs are assigned after car comes out of production, but before shipping out, so it may take a few days for the VIN assignments from yesterday to reaching the parking lot to ship out.

And hopefully, the lot doesn't fill. Tesla needs to start balancing factory output with truck deliveries. Nirvana should be lots of trucks loading at the lot, but the quantity of cars stored there approximately constant.

 

[SlicedBr3ad]

And hopefully, the lot doesn't fill. Tesla needs to start balancing factory output with truck deliveries. Nirvana should be lots of trucks loading at the lot, but the quantity of cars stored there approximately constant.

Fingers crossed for stellar q2 results beating all shorts with an ugly stick.

 

[Xenoilphobe]

Someone should just mount a hunting camera with a hotspot and solar panel to do a live feed....

 

[Electroman]

.. and a time laps video, 24 hours compressed to 30 minutes..

 

[RedOctober]

Someone should just mount a hunting camera with a hotspot and solar panel to do a live feed....

Good idea, but Todd advises that not all cars leave from this lot which I wasn’t aware of. Whenever I look at the drone flyovers the videos are not long enough to provide an estimate of how many trucks are leaving per hour.

 

[McFlurri]

any pics today?

need to get my fix

 

[firelegend]

I configured so now I get to lurk in this post wondering if I will "see" my car. Too many cars now to know

 

[bmah]

We happened to be driving past the factory this evening. My wife snapped this picture at my request so we don’t all go into withdrawal before the weekend.

Bruce.

 

[Dugknight]

Thanks, seems to be filling up a little bit! Better than earlier this week anyway.

 

[Zorg]

Lot has not filled up all week. Looks like they are shipping all they're producing

 

[KJD]

Lot has not filled up all week. Looks like they are shipping all they're producing

Do you think that they now have enough transports to keep the lot from filling up or do think that production is still slow from the shutdown ?

 

[Zorg]

Do you think that they now have enough transports to keep the lot from filling up or do think that production is still slow from the shutdown ?

No idea, I just see the lot on my way to work and on my way back. So I have no idea what is going on during the day.

 

[Electroman]

I am going to temper my expectations and remain pessimistic - production is still not back to pre-shutdown rate.

And that is nothing unusual either. You can’t just turn on the spigot.

 

[RedOctober]

I am going to temper my expectations and remain pessimistic - production is still not back to pre-shutdown rate.

And that is nothing unusual either. You can’t just turn on the spigot.

Most of us would agree with that, but those looking to badmouth Tesla will use this to validate their negative rhetoric that Tesla can’t mass produce cars.