update update update: THE WAITLIST HAS BEEN ACCOMMODATED. PLEASE CHECK YOUR NAME. THIS IS THE LIST SUPPLIED TO TESLA. NOTE: I have no doubt that I have not switched someone I should have switched or missed something else. Please be kind. I've been dealing with two family emergencies in different parts of the country. Apologies for not being as available as I would like to be. Just send me a 'nicely worded' note and I'll respond. Confirmed factory tours at Tesla on Friday, July 12th and Sunday, July 14th. TOUR TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW. To the best of my knowledge, shuttles will not be provided. When you arrive at the factory (45500 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, CA) proceed to the DELIVERY CENTER (enter through gate 5). The Visitor Lobby is to the left when you enter the gate, the Delivery Center is to the right. There are guards at the gate who will direct you, but it's pretty obvious where you should go. The tours start at the times posted, so be there a few minutes early to check in. Note that the factory will not be running on Sunday. That will make it easier to hear your tour guide, you will see lots of interesting stuff - but you will not see cars rolling off the production line. No children under 12. No photography. Wear appropriate footwear (no flipflops/sandals/open toe shoes/heels). Priority will be given to Non-local/Roadster or Model S owner/no previous factory tour. I'll update the list by priority until this Sunday evening, May 12th @ 6pm PST. After that, any open slots on the tour signup lists will be first-come, first-serve. (And if I don't find your name on the TESLIVE registration list, you will be removed from the tour. Sorry!) If you have registered a guest for TESLIVE, then you are welcome to sign up for them also. Please put them on a separate line, so we keep an accurate count. ------------- UPDATE - GOOD NEWS!! Big shout out to Tesla Marketing who did what they had to do to open up the size of the Friday tours. So here's the confirmed list for factory tours. After this, it's first-come, first-serve for the remaining few seats. And PLEASE, if you cannot make it for any reason, let me know. I'm sure there will be someone else who would like to go.Friday - Noon 1. jayfrost, no previous factory tour, Out-of-state (ohio), Model S owner (might have wife with me) 2. jgdixon, no previous tour, out of country (Canada) Model S Sig owner 3. Doug_G, saw the factory before it was operating, out of country (Canada), Model S Sig and Roadster owner 4. ggr + paw from San Diego, did the original factory ride event, were supposed to pick up from factory but delivery was delayed and we never got to do it. - Founder 5. ggr Guest 6. mjwantsanx, no prev tour, out of state, our family is a Model S owner (as of May 11!!!) 7.Larry Chanin, had a previous factory tour before it was operating, out-of-state (Florida), Model S owner 8.djp, no previous tour, out of country (Canada), Roadster 939 9.aaron.s, no previous tour, out of state (New York), Model S Owner 10.cattledog, no previous tour, out of state (Texas), Model S Owner, Model X Reservation 11.cattlepup, no previous tour, out of state (Texas), can't drive, 12, Gen 3 Signature Reservation #1 (aspirational) 12.teslasguy, no previous tour, out of state (Pa) Model s owner (might have wife with me) 13.Frankrb, no previous tour, out of state (NV) MS owner 14.Frankrb guest, wife, no previous tour, out of state 15.brianman, no previous tour, out of state (WA), Model S Sig Owner 16.francis lau, drive event, out of state, MS owner 17.Malcolm M. W. Model S Owner (to be delivered 5/18), out of state, no previous tour 18.A Link, no previous tour, out of state (VA) Model S owner 19.Y Bennett, previous tour before operating, out of state (MD), Model S owner 20.J in MN, no previous tour, out of state (MN), Model S reservation holder 21.Bill in Austin (William Jones) - coming from Texas. Model S VIN# 1827 22.Six (display name) David Kiker from Seattle area registered at teslive model s owner, no tour. Also 23.Helen Kiker who is also registered for teslive. 24.Andrew Wolfe, local, Roadster and S owner, no previous tours. 25.Gary Jacobs Friday 1:15 pm 1. ElSupreme, no previous factory tour, out-of-state, Model S owner 2. Discoducky, Oct ride event tour, non-local, Model S owner/X reservation 3. NJ Plugin, no previous factory tour, out of state, Model S Reservation/Owner (delivery window June 5-19) 4. NJ Plugin Guest (if possible) 5. BriansTesla, no previous tour, WA state, Model S 6. BriansTesla Guest 7. irishstoutaz, no previous tour, out of state, Model S Owner (delivery end of May) 8. irishstoutaz Guest (Wife), no previous tour, out of state, and also registered for Teslive 9. Pete8314, no previous tour, out of state (Texas), Model S Owner 10.Pete8314, guest, no previous tour, out of state (Texas), Model S Owner's wifed 11.David Morse – Founder -dsm363, no previous tour, out of state (Texas), Roadster and Model S 12.NigelM, no previous tour, out of state, Roadster & Model S 13.MikeL no prev tour, out of state (Utah), Model X res. (by 1st wk June, I swear!) 14.AndyM, Oct 1, 2010 (non-active) tour, out of state, Model S 15.AndyM's guest Jenny, no previous tour, out of state, Model S 16.Bound466, Oct 1, 2010 (non-active) tour, Los Angeles, Model S 17.Bound466's guest Gil, no previous tour, Los Angeles 18.MPT, no previous, out of town 19.MPT Guest, no previous, out of town 20.CC-P85 Charles C, no previous tour, out of town, P85 21.CC-P85 Bonita C, no previous tour, out of town, P85 22.FredTMC from SoCal, Owner. #4925 23.Gavin Stark - No previous tour. Model S owner. 24.Dave Israel 25.Colene Israel 26.Lori H Friday - 2:30pm 1. TEG 2. 4gofuel - walla2 - Model S Sig, out of state, no previous tour 3. TampaLiam 4. TampaKim 5. retinadoc 6. Christopher F. Arndt (guest of Tesla) 7. Harris Cohen 8. dddozier 9. stevezzzz - out of state Sig S owner 10.stephenpace - TX Sig S owner, previous tour before factory open in Oct 2011 11.FlasherZ - Southern IL, out of state, Sig S owner, no previous tours 12.Warrenbonz - Florida Model S Owner, Roadster Owner, previous tour June 2012 13.Dharshi (Warrenbonz's wife) traveling from Florida previous tour June 2012 14.SpaceCadet 15.NvBob 16.NvBob guest 17.davidrmay - arrive at SJC at 12:50 pm, previous tour Oct 2011 18.DaveT - San Diego, TESLIVE registrant 19.Sus (DaveT wife) - San Diego, TESLIVE registrant 20.LQBrown 21.LQBrown guest 22.Kunal Parekh 23.Angela Parekh 24.Robballan 25.Mike Maloney 26.Bob Fitz 27.Ann Fitz Sunday - 10am 1. adiggs. no previous tour. out of state (OR). Roadster & Model X Sig reservation 2. vcor Frank V, Had one quick tour before, MS owner, local, so make me a lower priority than those who have not seen it or come from out of town. 3. TonyWilliams, no previous tour, out of town (San Diego), Tesla powered Rav4 EV 4. TorkliftCentral (replacing GasDoc who graciously gave up his spot) 5. RandyS, Model S owner from San DIego, had previous tour 6. AlexKiritz, no previous tour, out of town (Los Angeles) 7. Nick Kiritz, no previous tour, out of town (Washington DC) 8.Kevin Weng 9. HCSharp 10. snooprob (Robert N) 11.araxara - Model S Owner , AZ, Flight Leaves at 7:05pm 12.IBCS - Kent Crabtree 13.Alex Crabtree 14.Jjaeger 15. Soflauthor 16.Soflson 17. aaron0k 18. mknox 19. mknox guest 20. remarc 21. huntjo -Sig S owner coming from Colorado 22. Mark k 23. Bill b. Sunday - 11:30am 1. Jeff N, no previous factory tour, local, Volt owner / future BlueStar owner 2. James M No previous tour, Out of town (illinois) , Planning on purchasing model s by december; shareholder 3. James M Guest -- No previous tour, Out of town (illinois) 4. Paul Carter, no previous tour, out of country (Vancouver, BC), Model X Signature Reservation 5. Mark WJ - No previous tour. Out of town (Hong Kong - way out of town), Roadster owner, Model S reservation - is this going to conflict with the drive throught the hills (no matter if it does, I can't make Friday anyway, so Sunday will have to be it) 6. Robert.Boston (TESLIVE registrant/moderator) 7. John Dixon - Founder (TBD) 8. Kevin Hall - Kansas City – 9. Tara Hall 10.Dalton Hall 11.Jack Hall 12.Alex Hall 13.GTI_Philipp 14.Sanjana 15.Monsoon 16.Don DiCostanzo 17.Brad B 18.Brad B Guest 19.Don Shin – Founder (TBD) 20.Tony Gallippi – Founder (TBD)
Please add me to the Sunday Tour - A (or any time or day works for me) 1. Frank V, Had one quick tour before, MS owner, local, so make me a lower priority than those who have not seen it or come from out of town. (No edit appears for me in the prior post).
Can we bring a camera to the factory to take pictures of outside and things we are allowed to take pictures as long as we don't take pictures on the tour? Thanks.
Yes, that's totally kosher. I had a small point-and-shoot - not as big as your nice DSLR, Dave! - with me during my tour and there were no issues. The Tesla reps clearly tell you when to stop clicking when entering the factory floor from the visitor lobby.
Hi, would much prefer to tour factory Friday while it's operating. Fri tours seem to be full, but please add me to one in case Tesla permits larger group or a third Fri tour is added. Bobfitz1, no previous tour, out of state, Roadster owner - 745 thanks! - - - Updated - - - Btw, Bonnie, has there been any discussion of a TESLIVE/TESLA sponsored tour of the SpaceX factory? No doubt that is farther afield from the hotel, but many of us have dual fanboy citizenship. Thanks, Bob
That's about a 365 mile drive, so we're going to wait until the Hyperloop is in place before inquiring. The only exception would be if you had a deposit down on a rocket ship. Then we might be able to arrange it. - - - Updated - - - Add your name to the list. Later this weekend I'll re-sort by established priorities.
Paul Carter, no previous tour, out of country (Vancouver, BC), Model X Signature Reservation - - - Updated - - - arg... meant to say Sunday Tour B please
Hi Bonnie1194, I'm having difficulty with the Wiki. and would like to get Bonita C. and Charlie C. on a tour on Friday (first choice) or Sunday (second choice). We're from Texas and we are both signed up for Teslive. I appreciate your help. - - - Updated - - - Charles C and Bonita C, Please add us to the Sunday tour, P-85 owner, no prev. tour
Six (display name) David Kiker from Seattle area registered at teslive model s owner, no tour. Also Helen Kiker who is also registered for teslive. ideally would be late Friday tour but since that seems full first Sunday tour. Thanks entered from iphone
Hello Bonnie, I just signed up for the Friday tour but I am pretty far down on the list if we are coming from out of town and can not get in the Friday Tour can we be moved to the Sunday Tour? Y Bennet and I (A Link) are traveling together. Thanks, Angelia
Got it. You all know you can edit a wiki post, yes? I'll do it, but I'm not sitting at the screen, so someone could conceivably get in ahead of you if I don't catch it.
Not a problem. I'm trying to keep a close eye on the signup so that it's fair. I'm afraid we're going to have some disappointed people. I hope everyone understands. It's 60 more slots than we had a few days ago. (Notice I didn't bother to sign up ... I'm local and I've had a tour. For the locals who don't make it during TESLIVE, reach out to another local taking factory delivery and see if you can go along at that time. That's what I did. Thanks, Shokunin!)
I'd like to be on either of the Friday tours. My flight out is early Sunday morning. William Jones - - - Updated - - - PS: I'm coming from Texas. VIN number 1827. Sorry for the late response, but I had no idea about this list until someone told me about it today. One of the main reasons I signed up for Teslive was to see the factory in operation. :-(
GOOD NEWS!! Tesla Marketing worked internally to get permission to open up the Friday tours from 15 people to 25 people. The confirmed list is posted in the first post of this thread (where only I can edit it No sneaking in!!). That leaves a few more slots open still. Please add your name to the second post (it's a wiki, you can edit) under the desired tour. First come, first serve as of this evening - no priority for those last slots (other than you and any guest must both be registered for TESLIVE). I'll move your name up to the confirmed list once I see it. >> Big thanks to Tesla Marketing and all the work they did to make this happen. <<
+1! Absolutely fantastic. I am quite excited. Sunday was not an option for me since we have an early flight back to MN.