I live in Sac and I usually see the loaded trucks going I5 North, which makes sense but sometime last week I saw at least 2 truckloads during my commute heading I5 south, which makes no sense because that is toward the factory as well.
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I live in Sac and I usually see the loaded trucks going I5 North, which makes sense but sometime last week I saw at least 2 truckloads during my commute heading I5 south, which makes no sense because that is toward the factory as well.
Reddy Kilowatt
Active Member
Nice to see delivery trucks counts are staying high. Production must be pretty steady, for this many trucks.
mtndrew1
Active Member
I saw three trucks loaded with mostly new Model 3s heading eastbound into Phoenix Arizona last Sunday on my way back to Los Angeles.
soon, tesla will discover rail and then they will start building train carts.
israndy
Supercharger Hunter
Watching the cars get moved around, one by one. Painful.
I know we will likely not get self-delivering cars as they would arrive with potential road damage, and miles that the customer doesn't want on the car when it's new, but I can definitely see them programming the cars to swarm to the car carriers from the end of the factory line. Every time a truck loads up, the cars all move down the parking lot at once and fill the next truck loading area. Maybe even for loading trains if they ever add trains back to the factory.
-Randy
I know we will likely not get self-delivering cars as they would arrive with potential road damage, and miles that the customer doesn't want on the car when it's new, but I can definitely see them programming the cars to swarm to the car carriers from the end of the factory line. Every time a truck loads up, the cars all move down the parking lot at once and fill the next truck loading area. Maybe even for loading trains if they ever add trains back to the factory.
-Randy
dc_h
Active Member
Maybe the new car carriers are designed with summon in mind?
I got mine delivered today by a test engineer driving up my car to my place from Fremont. I guess whether the car is on a car carrier or on the roads there’s always a chance for an accident.
Congrats.
Now post picture of your car!. I hope you are familiar on how to take pictures and post them ?
israndy
Supercharger Hunter
I did hear about that, someone I volunteered with at Tesla in Fremont was saying she had her car delivered to her, but they only go 15 miles to your place, farther than that and you have to come get it yourself. The disadvantage was at the 15 min mark her ride came and took the delivery person away, no more questions. Hope you got all that before they go.
-Randy
I’m about 40 miles from the factory so I’m sure they were willing to go the extra mile to get extra revenue for the quarter end. The engineer took the twisty, sf bay view route to my place so he said it was well worth his time. I was more eager to take the car out and drive, so I took off after ~30 min of going over the car, signing docs and some explanations.
I don't know anything about logistics, but it seems to me that at some point they've got to be getting to volumes where it would make sense to have the direct rail connection...
israndy
Supercharger Hunter
That would be the automated dream. Have the car smart enough to drive off the production line, take itself around the test course and report any issues, and then get at the back of the line for getting on the train. Especially cool if you could give the car hand signs like you can a drone to control its movements onto the train.
It probably should handle the "come ahead" and the "stop there" hand signs people outside the car give it just for general safe driving.
-Randy
It probably should handle the "come ahead" and the "stop there" hand signs people outside the car give it just for general safe driving.
-Randy
engle
Member
The reason the Uber shows up 15 mins after the Tesla person arrives with your vehicle is their Tesla Direct - Courier Checklist requires it:
1. Setup and Confirmation Call
Take Action (I'm omitting the "Verify or Confirm" part for each action here)
1. Setup and Confirmation Call
Take Action (I'm omitting the "Verify or Confirm" part for each action here)
- Physically locate the vehicle at the delivery center
- Visual inspection of vehicle
- Text or Call Customer with ETA when Leaving
- Schedule Uber for 15 minutes after ETA (if no Trade-in)
- Pack: Customer Documents
- Pack: Detail Bag (if available)
- Pack: Incentive folder
The goal of the customer handoff is to provide your customer with the information that they need to get on the road and start enjoying their new Tesla in 5 minutes or less!
Cintoman
Member
Mine was delivered to me in covered carrier. This is the way it came up to me in RI from Baltimore, MD. Not sure how it came on car carrier from Chicago to Baltimore though:
-- Cintoman
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