You actually get the grant when the VIN# is issued. I take delivery of my car March 26th and got the grant. It is in my contract and Tesla was adamant that I would get the rebate. Jon, who I too the test drive with and placed my order through, said that he was in contact with the people in charge of the grant daily and assured me that I would get it. There were about 60 left in the last week of January and they were all gone by Feb.14th.
Yes, that's right. I called them right when the program was cut off in Feb, since I wasn't taking delivery until March, and they also told me my grant has been processed even though at that time I had only paid the $2.5K deposit.