Did you get it fully transferred over? I am wondering if I can ask them to switch the car to my account during pick up of my delivery or ask ISA now after they confirm funds have been transferred to Tesla?
It takes a long time, or at least it did a few months ago. I “transferred” my reservation to a friend who had a later one (at no cost) and it just now came off of our account and our mobile app. But they said they had a huge backlog of transfer requests at the time. This was irritating because her car was placed between our two cars in the app. So I’d have to scroll past her car to get to our cars.
The process above is how it works. It’s pretty straightforward really. The reservation holder (RH) changes all the contact information to the buyer’s name. The RH still have to configure the car to the buyer’s wishes on their own account but the delivery deposit can be paid with any credit card. So if you’re friendly enough with the RH you can just supply them with the CC information.
The buyer can schedule delivery wherever they want. The RH does NOT have to be present at delivery. We didn’t know that so she scheduled delivery up near me although I ultimately did not go with her. The buyer will also receive all of the tax credit as the RH is never listed as the purchaser of the car. After that configuration reservation the RH doesn’t have to deal with any money in the transaction.
The two hiccups in the process are 1) the buyer cannot access the production status of the car. So they’re fairly in the dark about the timing until the RH contacts them when they themselves are contacted by Tesla. 2) The car will remain on the RH’s account until Tesla changes it over. This took a few months for us but it did happen. I’m not clear if her Supercharging sessions will be charged to my account during that time, but if it was she’ll simply pay me back. That might be an issue for people who aren’t friendly with the other party.
The folks at Tesla claim that they had implemented an automated tool to make the account transfer easier and faster but I have no insight as to the truth of that.
She is now planning on giving her reservation to her cousin.