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Reddy Kilowatt
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Lot was pretty empty last night around 8:30pm, so they're producing at a steady clip.
erthquake
Active Member
If that "source" is skabooshka, we shouldn't give it much validity. A bear with ulterior motives.
Todd Burch
14-Year Member
No but he could be getting the info from an employee as well. They get a daily email on the production numbers.
Just looked at his twitter feed (skabooshka (@skabooshka) | Twitter) and looks like he's got access to the emails
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Todd Burch
14-Year Member
@augkuo , did you happen to see this lot? Or otherwise, does anybody know what it's about?
Why Are "Thousands" of Teslas Sitting In a Field in California?
500 E Louise Ave, Lathrop, CA 95330
I tend to think that 11k in transit cars should be delivered by now, not sure what's the reason for thousands of them to be sitting in a lot?
Why Are "Thousands" of Teslas Sitting In a Field in California?
500 E Louise Ave, Lathrop, CA 95330
I tend to think that 11k in transit cars should be delivered by now, not sure what's the reason for thousands of them to be sitting in a lot?
ℬête Noire
Active Member
"...rusting in the open air under the scorching California sun."
In Lathrop? LOL! Dude, stop reading that mind rot.
The south lot in Fremont is where cars produced from the factory go to loading depots. Most of the cars will either go to Richmond (~1 hr north of factory) or Lathrop (~1 hr east from factory) - Richmond is where they'll get loaded onto freight cars and Lathrop is where they'll be sent elsewhere. The bay area has premium real estate so that's why a huge lot at the factory wouldn't be practical so cars get stored in Richmond/Lathrop for transit. Tesla probably held off on delivering a bunch of cars to make sure they hit the 200K number for the federal tax credit after the 2nd quarter hence the inventory build up. That said, the opinion of a number of Tesla employees is that the logistics team is the weakest link and they screw up regularly. So another possibility is that they can't get enough car carriers to move the cars out of Lathrop.
Ok, thank you! I wish there was not this additional load/unload step in delivery, some cars do get damaged in transportation.
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"...rusting in the open air under the scorching California sun."
In Lathrop? LOL! Dude, stop reading that mind rot.
I know for sure all Texas delivery originate from Lathrop
ℬête Noire
Active Member
Of course, it's a major distribution hub.
It's the "rusting" in Lathrop part that completely slays me. They very well could see no rain there until Sept or Oct, my garage will be a harsher environment than that (damn Gulf humidity).
dc_h
Active Member
Wish they would build a test clear of semi’s. 100 just back and forth to Texas and southwest where train routes aren’t good. Getting platooning tested could really speed deliveries and save on shipping and inventory.
Almost wonder if they could ship cars to gulf and east coast faster than the train? Seems like a lot of bottlenecks on the train lines. San Fran to Chicago should not be more than 2 days and maybe 3 to Atlanta. Seems like it often takes a month.
Should the trains be faster going forward if Tesla orders the whole train? I assume they would have order led 10 to 20 rail cars at a time for S and X, but could order 100 or more now.
Almost wonder if they could ship cars to gulf and east coast faster than the train? Seems like a lot of bottlenecks on the train lines. San Fran to Chicago should not be more than 2 days and maybe 3 to Atlanta. Seems like it often takes a month.
Should the trains be faster going forward if Tesla orders the whole train? I assume they would have order led 10 to 20 rail cars at a time for S and X, but could order 100 or more now.
RedOctober
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Agree that site is for brain dead people. Nothing but idiots commenting on there."...rusting in the open air under the scorching California sun."
In Lathrop? LOL! Dude, stop reading that mind rot.
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