On the day it was announced, on a whim I put in a reservation for the semi. I immediately got a PDF invoice requesting that I send $5000 Canadian dollars to reserve my spot. Unlike the model 3 reservations, these appear to be serialized, and it looks like I'm number 8. 8 in Canada, most likely, but I'm not sure on that.
It seems the deposit has since quadrupled from $5000 to $20000, so here I have an "opportunity" to keep a reservation at a significant discount (especially when we consider that $5k CAD is only $3950 USD).
With that said... it is extremely unlikely I'd actually get one. I'm no trucker. I have no desire to be a trucker. My business doesn't ship enough - certainly locally - to justify having one.
Is it worth tying up CAD$5k for X years on speculation?
I also have to consider that supercharging infrastructure in Canada is YEARS behind the US, and that will probably be the case with megachargers. And we're probably months or years behind in availability as well (ie. the first people will be getting them in 2019 supposedly, and even though I'm "8" I'm probably not seeing mine until 2020+)
What do you think? I've confirmed with them that I can have the deposit back at any time.
It seems the deposit has since quadrupled from $5000 to $20000, so here I have an "opportunity" to keep a reservation at a significant discount (especially when we consider that $5k CAD is only $3950 USD).
With that said... it is extremely unlikely I'd actually get one. I'm no trucker. I have no desire to be a trucker. My business doesn't ship enough - certainly locally - to justify having one.
Is it worth tying up CAD$5k for X years on speculation?
I also have to consider that supercharging infrastructure in Canada is YEARS behind the US, and that will probably be the case with megachargers. And we're probably months or years behind in availability as well (ie. the first people will be getting them in 2019 supposedly, and even though I'm "8" I'm probably not seeing mine until 2020+)
What do you think? I've confirmed with them that I can have the deposit back at any time.