Refresh Model X & S Waiting Room - AUSTRALIA (Orders cancelled by Tesla May2023)

[Lets go Plaid]

It will be interesting to see what happens to all those people who placed orders especially in the UK. There would have been possibly 1000’s of S and X orders placed before the price was removed given the size of that market. Now the British £ has devalued considerably against the $US since then, so will Tesla honour those orders or not.

 

[Burnt Toast]

It will be interesting to see what happens to all those people who placed orders especially in the UK. There would have been possibly 1000’s of S and X orders placed before the price was removed given the size of that market. Now the British £ has devalued considerably against the $US since then, so will Tesla honour those orders or not.

Traditionally they have. But the wait has never been this long. I guess technically all Tesla has to do to get out of their side of the contract is to slightly change (update) the car before it arrives and call it a new model. Or they could just do what Toyota did to all their customers with contracts, which was to basically just add $X to the price and tell them to pay the extra or lose the car.

 

[jatinrai]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1579956499522392064

Chinese customers got an email to pay their invoice for refresh X S , hopefully RHD production starts soon next Quarter

 

[(crunch)]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1579956499522392064

Chinese customers got an email to pay their invoice for refresh X S , hopefully RHD production starts soon next Quarter

Interesting. Maybe there's something to the "booked" orderStatus afterall

 

[Burnt Toast]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1579956499522392064

Chinese customers got an email to pay their invoice for refresh X S , hopefully RHD production starts soon next Quarter

Doubtful. Why would they retool for RHD when they've not send a single LHD car to the European market?

 

[jatinrai]

Doubtful. Why would they retool for RHD when they've not send a single LHD car to the European market?

I read somewhere that someone has already spotted European plates on export ready S & X @ Freemont and all the LHD European Market Plaids will be delivered in this Quarter but there is no news for RHD production yet

 

[Lets go Plaid]

Tesla Model S Plaid delivery notices rolling out in China

Recently, Plaid reservation holders reported getting delivery dates, hinting that the Tesla Model S Plaid might debut in China soon.

www.teslarati.com

Looks like there’s something happening over there.

 

[(crunch)]

Bah! Got an SMS today which nearly made me jump out of my seat, but it was just them telling me I can't have a custom plate anymore and it's been changed to a standard plate

 

[JWM000]

I read the links above but it wasn't quite clear - does that mean Tesla are going to be manufacturing the S/X in China now? Last thing I remember seeing from Tesla was that only Freemont could...

If they're manufacturing in China now that does bode well for us I would think ...

 

[TehEno]

I read the links above but it wasn't quite clear - does that mean Tesla are going to be manufacturing the S/X in China now? Last thing I remember seeing from Tesla was that only Freemont could...

If they're manufacturing in China now that does bode well for us I would think ...

Nah, S and X are Freemont only.

 

[EcoCloudIT]

Nah, S and X are Freemont only.

Model S plates have been spotted in Shanghai.....

 

[EcoCloudIT]

@Burnt Toast - why the thumbs down? I have been told this by someone that works in Tesla....I have a few contacts in Tesla and whilst it may not pan out the plates have been spotted in Shanghai....read in to it what you may but I see no reason Tesla would not want to expand out production of the S/X elsewhere, especially as Shanghai production is vastly cheaper than Freemont (as well as Freemont never seems like it will be able to catch up on backorders of USA bound deliveries)....makes a lot of sense to me.

 

[Burnt Toast]

@Burnt Toast - why the thumbs down? I have been told this by someone that works in Tesla....I have a few contacts in Tesla and whilst it may not pan out the plates have been spotted in Shanghai....read in to it what you may but I see no reason Tesla would not want to expand out production of the S/X elsewhere, especially as Shanghai production is vastly cheaper than Freemont (as well as Freemont never seems like it will be able to catch up on backorders of USA bound deliveries)....makes a lot of sense to me.

Because that just means they're exporting them from Freemont to China. This is common knowledge, theyve sent texts out to owners to prepare for delivery thus month. It's got nothing to do with production moving. It would be great If it did, but they won't move the S and X line to China until the next generation.

 

[EcoCloudIT]

Because that just means they're exporting them from Freemont to China. This is common knowledge, theyve sent texts out to owners to prepare for delivery thus month. It's got nothing to do with production moving. It would be great If it did, but they won't move the S and X line to China until the next generation.

If their exporting them to China why would they be doing this at ALL if they're not considering tooling up to for S production in China?

Makes zero sense to me...

 

[Burnt Toast]

If their exporting them to China why would they be doing this at ALL if they're not considering tooling up to for S production in China?

Makes zero sense to me...

I don't understand what you're trying to say? They're not doing anything other than exporting them to China. They're also exporting them to Europe in the coming months.

 

[EcoCloudIT]

I don't understand what you're trying to say? They're not doing anything other than exporting them to China. They're also exporting them to Europe in the coming months.

Why would they export the plates for S to locations outside of the USA “if” they don’t intend to use them?

I don’t understand what you don’t understand….I’m not Watson….

 

[[Zombie]]

Model S plates have been spotted in Shanghai.....

Perhaps you could clarify what you mean by "Model S plates" ?

Without further context I thought you meant number plates, but why would they be exporting number plates?

 

[EcoCloudIT]

Perhaps you could clarify what you mean by "Model S plates" ?

Without further context I thought you meant number plates, but why would they be exporting number plates?

Plates for pressing panels….you know, like to make a car that is the shape of a Model S….

 

[TehEno]

Plates for pressing panels….you know, like to make a car that is the shape of a Model S….

Can you point me to where this is stated? I must have missed this bit of info. If in fact true, that is interesting, and I wonder how long it will take to get things up and running.

 

[meloccom]

I believe in the industry these ‘Plates’ are referred to as press dies.