Poll: Which versions of Model 3 do you expect Tesla in Europe at first?

[hobbes]

Tesla says they´ll open orders for Model 3 in Europe in December. Will they immediately offer everything they have in production for the US right now or limit it to higher spec versions?

 

[Phrixotrichus]

P probably. I`d expect them to put out the highest margin ones first.

 

[jhm]

Are there any version specific bottlenecks that would limit total production? For example if cells were in short supply, it may be beneficial to release MR early on.

 

[ewoodrick]

If they are coming off US production lines, no reason to believe that it won't be everything currently in production.
But if they come from a new production line, the LR RWD, to best allow the line to come up to speed

 

[hobbes]

If they are coming off US production lines, no reason to believe that it won't be everything currently in production.
But if they come from a new production line, the LR RWD, to best allow the line to come up to speed

My thinking is that in the US, they have already sold a lot of LR/AWD and have only switched to MR lately, because probably the higher end demand has somewhat ebbed off. In the new markets including Europe they could tap that demand again allowing them higher margins on average.

 

[schonelucht]

It's not difficult to guess : look at China...

 

[jhm]

It's not difficult to guess : look at China...

From Georgia, I can't see China. What do you see?

 

[hobbes]

From Georgia, I can't see China. What do you see?

From Germany, it is still too far . Had to electrek it, too:

https://electrek.co/2018/11/16/tesla-model-3-china-new-wheel-design/

Only the Long Range all-wheel-drive and Performance versions appear to be available and they respectively start at 580,000 RMB (~$83,500 USD) and 690,000 RMB ($99,400 USD).

 

[hobbes]

I realize now I should have put the possible combination of versions (i.e. "Performance AWD *and* AWD", "AWD only") as options. But as the user names for each options are visible, I could still do that manually:

• 16 voters = 46% for "LR Performance AWD and LR AWD"
• 12 voters = 34% for "LR Performance AWD only"
• 4 voters = 11% for "LR Performance AWD and LR AWD and Midrange"
  
• 3 voters = 9% for "LR AWD only"

So the most people think it will be the same combination of versions as they are offering in China, which makes sense to me.

 

[jhm]

From Germany, it is still too far . Had to electrek it, too:

Tesla starts Model 3 orders in China, unveils new wheel design

Not so fast, which one will actually roll off the ship first? Twins care about such things.