Wiki UK 2021 Orders and Pending Deliveries

[jhnbssll]

They will be contracted to purchase a certain number of the old batteries. If they havent reached that figure it doesnt make financial sense to invoke a penalty clause and change early. In that situation the obvious thing to do would be to change one product variant over to the new cells first and use the old ones up on another variant. It's quite possible that's what we're seeing here, and when they are able to they will swap the RHD UK variant over to the new cells too. It may have already happened, it may not. The extra ~20 miles would be useful but isn't a dealbreaker for me as my commute is an 18 mile round trip haha.

 

[TallPaul]

Yeah it’s a pain there is no VIN digit for the LR pack, they will keep
putting in 77kwh until they run dry I am sure, the performance gets the bigger pack so they have the 82kWh pack in China gigafactory.

 

[BevyBoy]

I’d maybe wait and see what the charge time is like on the new packs. It’s a only 9% increase and if that increase slows charge speed by 16% or something it’s a negative economy. Don’t be too hasty!

20-30mls in reality is just stopping for that supercharge 10-15mins sooner.

I agree with you there there should be less of an impact on the LR as in reality depending on the charging network the range should be sufficient as is. But could effect resale value?

Maybe a bigger issue with SR+ drivers as we play with range anxiety. But I've a changer at work, one at home and tesla super chargers are going in along the longer routes I would potentially drive now too.

 

[s_ree89]

Similar to me. Lease purchase. CS rep told me they couldn’t give me my specific vin as they couldn’t see that info due to the type of purchase. But, they said I had been “matched with a car”.

Yeah that sounds similar apart from he didn’t mention a match. I get the sense that the answers CS give are always very different. Might try calling again later in week to see if I can get any more info.

 

[Deleted member 192894]

I agree with you there there should be less of an impact on the LR as in reality depending on the charging network the range should be sufficient as is. But could effect resale value?

Maybe a bigger issue with SR+ drivers as we play with range anxiety. But I've a changer at work, one at home and tesla super chargers are going in along the longer routes I would potentially drive now too.

Agree, even for SR owners it’s totally dependent on usage. I have a charger at home and I only commute 24mls a day. On road trips the SC network is so good, I can get to the other end of the country with just two stops, which I’d do anyway given I have a baby!

 

[Forty_Two]

This thread starts with 'Overview of the Orders Process' which ends in the issuing of an RN. What is the sequence of events after the issuing of the RN?

 

[Deleted member 192894]

This thread starts with 'Overview of the Orders Process' which ends in the issuing of an RN. What is the sequence of events after the issuing of the RN?

VIN allocation. Collection arrangement. Collection of vehicle. Vehicle added to app. Done.

 

[jlz78]

Yeah it could come down the the drive, that being said, the pack is presumably installed before the components that dictate the hand the drive is on, so maybe not?

Who knows… will have to wait and see. My U.K. VIN has a J, so that seems to indicate the new pack?

AFAIK, the ‘A’ or ‘J’ pack indication is for SR+ only. It’s not clear yet if there is a VIN indicator for the LR 77 vs 82 kWh debate.

 

[Eco Boy]

AFAIK, the ‘A’ or ‘J’ pack indication is for SR+ only. It’s not clear yet if there is a VIN indicator for the LR 77 vs 82 kWh debate.

I think “B” indicates 77kw and “K” indicates 81kw

 

[Eco Boy]

This is Tesla's official VIN decoder. You can see that the VIN only tells you if the battery is NMC/NCA or LFP and that is something you know when you purchase the car, since only the SR comes with a LFP battery. All Q3/Q4-2021 LR from China have the same VIN structure...

LRW3#7EK#MC######

This VIN can have the old LG 5C 75kWh and also the new LG 5L 82kWh. This could even be a Panasonic 3L, which they still use in China for the Performance, but not in the LR.

If you look at section 8 - the letters J, K and L represent the newer motor/battery configuration with upgraded battery etc. A B and C are the previous ones

 

[Liquidv]

If it helps, my LR is due to be delivered Nov/Dec and the 8th letter of my VIN is B

 

[Oxstock]

If it helps, my LR is due to be delivered Nov/Dec and the 8th letter of my VIN is B

No idea what that means in the real world but I'm thankful to have another LR who will hopefully share their results as and when their LR turns up.

 

[Eco Boy]

If it helps, my LR is due to be delivered Nov/Dec and the 8th letter of my VIN is B

Thank you. That may explain why EU customers were offered €2,000 discount if they received a “B” VIN. This is because it would not match the specs presented to them on the EU Tesla website.

 

[Deleted member 192894]

If it helps, my LR is due to be delivered Nov/Dec and the 8th letter of my VIN is B

So this is curious. This is an old VIN letter for the old config. My SR+ has the new letter for the new motor Config. Seems likely that some cars will have new battery then!

 

[Oxstock]

Thank you. That may explain why EU customers were offered €2,000 discount if they received a “B” VIN. This is because it would not match the specs presented to them on the EU Tesla website.

So are you suggesting that Liquid above has got the old Batt on a Q4 delivery. Sorry liquid, I say old batt but its not an old batt at all! Just the lower capacity.

 

[jlz78]

If it helps, my LR is due to be delivered Nov/Dec and the 8th letter of my VIN is B

Thanks for that.

Has any UK M3 LR prospective owner got anything other than a ‘B’ in digit 8 of their VIN?

For comparison, please could a LHD EU LR customer advise if their Q4 VIN has anything other than a ‘B’ at digit 8?

 

[Oxstock]

So this is curious. This is an old VIN letter for the old config. My SR+ has the new letter for the new motor Config. Seems likely that some cars will have new battery then!

I'm not following, do you mind explaining for us old folk. You mean some cars as in only the SR+

 

[Eco Boy]

So are you suggesting that Liquid above has got the old Batt on a Q4 delivery. Sorry liquid, I say old batt but its not an old batt at all! Just the lower capacity.

The SR+’s coming to the UK have the upgraded motor and battery configuration - letter “J”

The LR’s coming to the UK do not have the upgraded motor and battery configuration.

 

[Oxstock]

The SR+’s coming to the UK have the upgraded motor and battery configuration - letter “J”

The LR’s coming to the UK do not have the upgraded motor and battery configuration.

Well that sucks absolute balls. Think we need more LR's to come forward with their so called new vins that have come through to update us also.

 

[Oxstock]

Someone explain this then? No B, only K.