Gotcha... I thought it had been debunked so long ago as having no actual meaning that everyone had ignored it...
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FlatSix911
Porsche 918 Hybrid
From Electrek ... Tesla is prioritizing Model 3 deliveries to employees, but they can’t resell for a profit
As we previously reported, Tesla will be prioritizing early Model 3 deliveries for their employees, which is a welcomed initiative for many of them since the Model 3 is, in some cases, the first Tesla vehicle that they can afford.
Tesla started informing their employees of the process to get a priority delivery, but they are also now informed that they cannot resell the vehicles for a profit. The automaker opened up Model 3 reservations to both Tesla and SpaceX employees (and their families) a few weeks ahead of the general public. Data showed that the employees likely made over 10,000 reservations before the general public made that number blow up to an estimated 500,000 based on deposits as of last quarter.
Through our tip line, we received an email that Tesla has been sending to employees about Model 3 reservations:
All,
Each employee reservation holder will receive an email the evening of July 28 with details regarding their Model 3 reservation. Deliveries of Model 3 will be generally prioritized by geography, starting with owners registered in California or those taking deliveries at Fremont. Because employees are receiving special priority, all Model 3 cars prioritized to employees must be registered to you or your family member and may not be resold for more than the original price. Reservation holders will agree to these terms when their order is placed.
Please note the following to ensure that you can access your Model 3 reservation on your Tesla account and receive employee priority:
If you placed your Model 3 reservation under your company email address, no action is needed. If you placed your Model 3 reservation under a personal email address, please log in to your Tesla account and update your “Account Email” to your work email address.
If you have questions regarding your reservation, visit the Tesla Support site. Tesla will send more details on delivery plans, FAQs, and reservation updates after Friday.
Thank you!
As we previously reported, Tesla will be prioritizing early Model 3 deliveries for their employees, which is a welcomed initiative for many of them since the Model 3 is, in some cases, the first Tesla vehicle that they can afford.
Tesla started informing their employees of the process to get a priority delivery, but they are also now informed that they cannot resell the vehicles for a profit. The automaker opened up Model 3 reservations to both Tesla and SpaceX employees (and their families) a few weeks ahead of the general public. Data showed that the employees likely made over 10,000 reservations before the general public made that number blow up to an estimated 500,000 based on deposits as of last quarter.
Through our tip line, we received an email that Tesla has been sending to employees about Model 3 reservations:
All,
Each employee reservation holder will receive an email the evening of July 28 with details regarding their Model 3 reservation. Deliveries of Model 3 will be generally prioritized by geography, starting with owners registered in California or those taking deliveries at Fremont. Because employees are receiving special priority, all Model 3 cars prioritized to employees must be registered to you or your family member and may not be resold for more than the original price. Reservation holders will agree to these terms when their order is placed.
Please note the following to ensure that you can access your Model 3 reservation on your Tesla account and receive employee priority:
If you placed your Model 3 reservation under your company email address, no action is needed. If you placed your Model 3 reservation under a personal email address, please log in to your Tesla account and update your “Account Email” to your work email address.
If you have questions regarding your reservation, visit the Tesla Support site. Tesla will send more details on delivery plans, FAQs, and reservation updates after Friday.
Thank you!
FlatSix911
Porsche 918 Hybrid
mediamogul
Member
I just looked up my reservation number. Per the electrek article by Frederik Lambert, I searched "RN" in the source code of my page and found this code, which makes me think Tesla short-handed ‘common_reservation_id’ to 'rn':
I signed up the evening after launch. If you throw out '108' at the beginning of the number, that gives me 475,814 as my possible number, which when you subtract the base as 350,000, puts me at 125,814th in place.
My last call to our Tesla dealership told me that early reservers (non-employees and non-previous-Tesla-owners) were targeted for Q1 2018. Fingers crossed, as my Fiat 500e lease ends mid-Feb. So I could be without a vehicle for a few days/weeks/months???
Please check out and like my blog on driving electric for the first time, which I wrote when I got my Fiat 2+ years ago:
Ciao: A Fiat 500e Driver's On Ramp to Electric Cars
<td class="model-name">
<a href="/mytesla/profile?rn=RN108475814" class="car-link">
<strong class="car-name notranslate">
<a href="/mytesla/profile?rn=RN108475814" class="car-link">
<strong class="car-name notranslate">
I signed up the evening after launch. If you throw out '108' at the beginning of the number, that gives me 475,814 as my possible number, which when you subtract the base as 350,000, puts me at 125,814th in place.
My last call to our Tesla dealership told me that early reservers (non-employees and non-previous-Tesla-owners) were targeted for Q1 2018. Fingers crossed, as my Fiat 500e lease ends mid-Feb. So I could be without a vehicle for a few days/weeks/months???
Please check out and like my blog on driving electric for the first time, which I wrote when I got my Fiat 2+ years ago:
Ciao: A Fiat 500e Driver's On Ramp to Electric Cars
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You forgot to divide by 2.734 and take the square root.
Sigh.
The number doesn't mean anything. It's random.
rn=RN108XXXXXX has always been there. What we were looking at was <input class="ReservationId" type="hidden" name="common_reservation_id" value="37XXXX" and that was last shown in October 2016.
C141medic
Active Member
You did? Where's the review?According to your logic and my RN I should’ve already received my M3
/s
If I do that with my reservation number, I get a massive negative number, I guess it means I should get a 2010 Pontiac Vibe!
Exactly. A reservation’s RN I made in Feb 2017 was LOWER than the one I still have from Apr 2016. The RN (refererence number) is random.
FlatSix911
Porsche 918 Hybrid
Correct ... the real reservation number has been hidden by Tesla, but was visible in the source code for a short time
See the attached example for the actual reservation number in Column B that corresponds to the random RN in Column F.
DrivingTheFuture
Member
I screenshotted my number before they hid this code... Unfortunately.. I forgot to save it to my new laptop when I upgraded this year. Ugh!
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DrivingTheFuture
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