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

[kengchang]

I am curious.. how does it come to that parking lot to begin with? 600 cars.. in two 8 hours hours shift is 1 every 90 seconds. They should have an army of drivers making dozens of trips to get to that parking lot.

Pretty sure all car are test driven off the line

 

[dc_h]

Pretty sure all car are test driven off the line

Do the pickups take the cars from the line to the shipping lot, or are they taking them to the Fremont delivery center and possibly the Richmond train depot?

 

[Garlan Garner]

I wonder if there are any other single car factories out there pumping out 600+ cars per day.

 

[kengchang]

Do the pickups take the cars from the line to the shipping lot, or are they taking them to the Fremont delivery center and possibly the Richmond train depot?

Logically, it would be driven to the lot then trucking for the rest

 

[dsvick]

...they will be stockpiling cars at the delivery centers and factory lots, waiting for 7/1 to open the floodgates.

You need to be able to stockpile close to 10k cars or more for a few weeks, if needed. Is it even possible to stockpile that many? Perhaps distribute them across various states?

My biggest question about stockpiling is how many cars can the delivery centers reasonably deliver and how long will it take to clear the stockpiles? Some of the larger ones could probably move pretty fast but the regular stores can only do so many a day - maybe they'll start doing group deliveries!

 

[Dan Detweiler]

My biggest question about stockpiling is how many cars can the delivery centers reasonably deliver and how long will it take to clear the stockpiles? Some of the larger ones could probably move pretty fast but the regular stores can only do so many a day - maybe they'll start doing group deliveries!

Tesla should sponsor giant regional Pot Luck Suppers. "Bring a dish to share, take home a Model 3!"

Dan

 

[colettimj]

My biggest question about stockpiling is how many cars can the delivery centers reasonably deliver and how long will it take to clear the stockpiles? Some of the larger ones could probably move pretty fast but the regular stores can only do so many a day - maybe they'll start doing group deliveries!

When I was in the Cherry Hill, NJ store I asked (half jokingly) about them setting up a tent in the back parking lot. The rep said that is something they have thought about. They have just started deliveries so I think that won't happen any time soon

 

[Dogwhistle]

When I was in the Cherry Hill, NJ store I asked (half jokingly) about them setting up a tent in the back parking lot. The rep said that is something they have thought about. They have just started deliveries so I think that won't happen any time soon

I was surprised how small that back parking area was there. It was full of mostly non-Teslas as it was when I visited, I can’t imagine where they are going to store large quantities of deliveries, let alone maintenance drop-offs and loaners!

 

[augkuo]

5/15/18 around 7:30am - looks like the transports are keeping up with the 4k/week production!

 

[jelloslug]

I wonder if there are any other single car factories out there pumping out 600+ cars per day.

The Rouge River F-150 plant in Detroit makes 500 F-150s a shift.

 

[tracksyde]

Must have just started doing that because they did not prior.

My friend sees truck loads of 3s on his way south into Los Angeles in the morning and he started noticing a few days ago that the cars on the front of the trailer (position 1 at the top) and the rear are the only ones that are usually wrapped like the S and X's.

 

[mongo]

The Rouge River F-150 plant in Detroit makes 500 F-150s a shift.

Not this week...
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2018/05/10/ford-f-150-parts-shortage/600038002/
(but yeah, when it is running, it sure puts them out!)

 

[Dogwhistle]

I see at least 3 new sport wheels in that lot! Let’s get that ball rolling again!

 

[03DSG]

I see at least 3 new sport wheels in that lot! Let’s get that ball rolling again!

The only 19” I can see in the pics are S’s and X’s.

 

[Dogwhistle]

The only 19” I can see in the pics are S’s and X’s.

Zoomed in for clarity - actually 4! Definitely 3s.

 

[Electroman]

4k/week production!

These parking lot pictures do not give us a sense of production rate if it is 2k or 3k or 4k per week. Which means that 4k is speculative based on VIN registrations.

 

[jbella]

I wonder if there are any other single car factories out there pumping out 600+ cars per day.

I don't think 600 cars per day is that out of the ordinary. Ford's new Kansas city plant, for example, makes 700,000 F150s a year. Toyota's plant in Kentucky churns out 550,000 a year. VM's plant in Wolfsburg Germany pumps out 3,800 cars A DAY. Crazy.

 

[Electroman]

Ford's new Kansas city plant, for example, makes 700,000 F150s a year. Toyota's plant in Kentucky churns out 550,000 a year. VM's plant in Wolfsburg Germany pumps out 3,800 cars A DAY. Crazy.

How many battery packs do these plants make in a single day, week or a year?

Please don't answer. Just rhetorical question to drive down the point that making 1000 gas cars a day is different than making 600 EVs with an average pack size of 80 kWh each day.

 

[firelegend]

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Zoomed in for clarity - actually 4! Definitely 3s.

WAHOOO!!!! The ball has started~!!~~

 

[dsvick]

How many battery packs do these plants make in a single day, week or a year?

Please don't answer. Just rhetorical question to drive down the point that making 1000 gas cars a day is different than making 600 EVs with an average pack size of 80 kWh each day.

Yes, but the Tesla packs are made at a different location ...