UK configurator opening in two months (maybe)

[Monops]

Hello!

I've just seen this article here:
UK to get Model 3 configurator within 2 months, Australia to follow | The Driven

Of course, take it with a massive pinch of salt.

Cheers!
Alex

 

[J1mbo]

Showroom told me it would be end-Feb 2019, first deliveries end-May.

They told me this at the beginning of Jan 2019.

 

[Monops]

Showroom told me it would be end-Feb 2019, first deliveries end-May.

They told me this at the beginning of Jan 2019.

I really hope you're right I've been planning my summer holidays assuming I'd have the new car

 

[dakang]

I really hope you're right I've been planning my summer holidays assuming I'd have the new car

Me too! Kids very nervous that the electric road trip might not happen!

 

[4EVar]

Showroom told me it would be end-Feb 2019, first deliveries end-May.

They told me this at the beginning of Jan 2019.

Sounds optimistic. A sales guy told me last week that they are nowhere near even tooling up for RHD yet.

 

[J1mbo]

Sounds optimistic. A sales guy told me last week that they are nowhere near even tooling up for RHD yet.

How would a sales guy know that?

 

[smythey]

Showroom told me it would be end-Feb 2019, first deliveries end-May.

I actually think this is plausible based on a couple of things:

1. Tesla have stated publicly that they are running out of people who want to buy the Long Range PAWD and AWD cars, and they really want to exhaust that market first because of the higher margins. RHD markets are one of the last markets where there are still buyers for those high margin cars, making them now somewhat of a priority.
2. Late May deliveries line up with Tesla previously wanting to deliver international orders in the same quarter as they're produced. Produce them at the start of the quarter, and deliver in the back half of the quarter (like they are currently doing with the first EU orders).

If deliveries are not late May, I think it will then be 3 months later (late August).

 

[Monops]

Some more info about this:
Musk Says Right-Hand-Drive Tesla Model 3 Could Arrive In UK By June

Maybe June, probably September