Just drove by a major accident scene involving a semi carrying Model 3s, truck had rolled over scattering model 3’s all over the place as well as a Model X
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Some of you might need to wait longer for your model 3
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Glamisduner
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maybe that explains what happened to mine before it was delivered.
That's one expensive accident. Hopefully the driver is ok.
That's one expensive accident. Hopefully the driver is ok.
1000 a day is 40 an hour, at 10 per hauler, only 15 minutes worth...
Loss of hauler may be more impactful.
Joelc
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In other news, a handful of Model 3's and a Model X suddenly appear under CPO. "Low miles & minor imperfections"
suwaneedad
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I was shocked to see a car carrier in one of the Atlanta delivery centers last week with California tags.
I thought for sure Teslas coming east were via rail, with 'last mile' via car carrier.
The thought that there are car carriers saddling up for the ~3000 mile drive east makes me cringe...that's a really long/expensive deadhead leg back to Fremont.
With asymmetric information we are left to think Tesla is being really smart - or being really dumb with how they do things.
They might have an issue of 3000 mile car carrier trip or those cars don't get delivered at all. Or rail is already spoken for?
Or perhaps Tesla booked those car carriers one way and won't reuse them for the rest of this year?
Or they come back with CPO Model S and X to sell in the larger west cost markets?
Being a fly in Tesla's meetings would be amazing.
My brother owns a trucking company, he says intermodal shipments take a bit longer especially after the ELD mandate went into effect. Many carriers started shipping trailers via the rail road, a trailer shipped from Stockton CA to Chicago can take a week.
My guess is Tesla is doing both. They’re loading as many car carriers as they can book as well as rail cars
ThisIsTrue
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Hauler to rail yard
Load train when available
Train trip
unload train
load car hauler to distribution point (if not at rail yard)
Train heads back to CA at some point
Hauler to Delivery center
Vs
Hauler to delivery center
Hauler back to CA
Cuts transit time, which boosts balance sheet.
CA to NY costs around 1,200 for a single car in open trailer. Expect much lower for a fully utilized internally costed load. Covered by delivery fee.
Could also be hauling CPOs back to ship to China.
could you head over and "pick" me up some Gen 2 seats? Reward for your time. 
I was headed the opposite way and didn’t have time to grab my phone and take photos
It was a pretty chaotic scene involving at least 3 big rigs and multiple vehicles.
Ironic that it happened a few miles south of the Gustine Supercharger
That's a good way to have all cars delivered with the rear quarter panel window smashed. Good ol 209.
OMG that was horrible to see. And cars on their roof too. Sad for any future owners that just got their VIN pulled.
If I hadn't seen the dashcam video would have been hard to picture the scene. Thanks for finding TEG. Do hope the driver is okay. Can't imagine that call in to his boss at Tesla telling him about the little accident he had.
And cars on their roof too. Sad for any future owners that just got their VIN pulled. If I hadn't seen the dashcam video would have been hard to picture the scene. Thanks for finding TEG. Do hope the driver is okay. Can't imagine that call in to his boss at Tesla telling him about the little accident he had.
Ulmo
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