contaygious
Active Member
I am getting the same story. Not sure why they are telling people in the 4,000s nov/dec. I was told I should be expecting dec.
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I am getting the same story. Not sure why they are telling people in the 4,000s nov/dec. I was told I should be expecting dec.
I contacted Tesla to touch base. They said I should see my car by early October (conservative estimate) and possibly in late September. There were other interesting comments, but the important one was the delivery estimation since I hadn't heard anything yet and had thought we'd get a 30 day warning.
Special Sig 64
Special Sig 64
overestimate.
beat the estimates
just like they are doing
they are going to deliver early if they are ramping up as they are
(isn't there a whole bunch of 'stuff' going on in September?)
kvietor
Model S VIN 168
I don't know who to believe anymore. It's been reported that Special Sig 40 is to be delivered today. What the hell are they doing to delay SS 64 til the end of September or early October?
Yeah, doesn't make much sense... At this point I'm just relying on confirmed deliveries.
NigelM
Recovering Member
^^^ Worth noting that ViperDoc had his order sent to the factory only in early July. Does that make a difference? I don't know, but 3 months to delivery.....it explains some.
Charged_Up
Member
Yes, if he configured in early July, he would have been definitely out of sequence and given a later date based on my understanding of how reservations were handled. I only know something about this because I had to get special dispensation to delay my config by a couple of days so I could test drive in Fremont without altering my delivery sequence...
contaygious
Active Member
gg_got_a_tesla
Model S: VIN 65513, Model 3: VIN 1913
favo
P3D+ owner
Todd Burch
14-Year Member
Norbert
TSLA will win
Maybe the new supplier can only deliver small volumes so far... suppliers may need ramp-up as well.
JRP3
Hyperactive Member
NigelM
Recovering Member
Disappointing news about the delay but I'd rather have Tesla get it right before delivery. It does sound like people are starting to speculate on what might have caused the delay; one can safely say though that if the delays will be significant then Tesla will come out with a statement.
Mike_Schlechter
Model S - P457
I'm with @NigelM. Better to be right. I have spent some time over the years learning aboout supply chain management, and it is always a challenge. The smallest parts can cause the largest delays as they tend to come from suppliers who simply aren't equipped to meet quality standards at volume. There isn't an RFX process out there that can predict these issues, so the in house quality team at the end of the line has to keep a close eye.
Outsourcing... it just sucks sometimes. At least Tesla mostly uses in house labor for the car!
Outsourcing... it just sucks sometimes. At least Tesla mostly uses in house labor for the car!
In the manufacturing world, lack of just one part will shut the entire line down. Hopefully, all other parts are on hand and in ample supply, so that this won't happen again anytime soon. Clearly, 5,000 units produced in 2012 will now be very difficult to achieve. Even when all of the production "Kinks" have been ironed out, I still forsee issues with being able to "deliver" 80 vehicles per day. 2/3 of those 80/day will be delivered outside of California. Many of those will be home deliveries, one truck at a time, and one day per truck. 20 deliveries per truck, per month, per store. So you either need many more stores (each with one truck), or many more trucks per store. 1,600 deliveries per month is a lot, when you have to personally deliver most of those cars.
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