I thought tesla takes two months to order, build, and deliver? I am in the market but don't want to wait two months
Shipping via train is very efficient but can be a lot slower than a truck that only ships a few cars at a time. One of my friends ordered a Ford Fusion hybrid last year and once it was shipped from the factory via train, it took three weeks to arrive. He tracked it every day as it went from railyard to railyard. The trains don't ship just cars but all kinds of other cargo. They go from hub to hub and don't necessarily follow the most direct route. In order to be the most efficient as possible, the train only moved to the next railyard when there were several other cars that needed to go to the same destination. At one point, my friend's car was at a railyard 90 miles away but he had to wait several more days before the train that his car was on made it to Denver. After that, it still took the dealership another day or two to prep it. I'm assuming Teslas shipped via rail have the same logistical delays.
April 9th. Picked up Friday. I actually think the car was available earlier for pick up but I was out of town for business. So less than 6 weeks.
It will end up being a very nice bonus for preventing possible liftgate damage -- folks have reported that the hatch raises so high that it can hit things eg. in underground parking. With the power liftgate you can set the max. lift height.
I was thinking something like this might happen. I noticed around the time we ordered our cars, when they released the 70D they also changed what comes in some of the packages. Awesome!
I would have to say both. It's much cheaper as a train can take more cars and also it's cheaper. They probably just connect the cars to the next outbound train at the hub, which makes it efficient from a logistics perspective. Also the car never leaves the train car so it's also inside and not exposed or transferred so it's kept safer.
