My friend who stood in line with me told me his two friends got their vins today.
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VIN Assignment
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My friend who stood in line with me told me his two friends got their vins today.
mtndrew1
Active Member
Finally!
Woke up to VIN assignment. Exactly 4 weeks after configuring.
VIN 145xx
Woke up to VIN assignment. Exactly 4 weeks after configuring.
VIN 145xx
Non-owner Reserved: 3/31/2016
Invited: 4/6/2018
Ordered: 4/6/2018
VIN 182xx 4/7/2018
Blue/19/EAP
Invited: 4/6/2018
Ordered: 4/6/2018
VIN 182xx 4/7/2018
Blue/19/EAP
zkmusa
Member
Unless anything has changed with the ramp up in production, it means that the car has been produced and has been assigned to you.
Well, when a production technician and a chassis love each other very much, they give each other a very special hug...
Kidding aside, the car has a VIN from the start, then the car (including VIN) is assigned to the customer. Formerly customers would be assigned a VIN before production - but my assumption is Tesla is not assigning vehicles/VINs to customers until after an initial quality check right after production.
So.. they make a car to my specification, and when it passes quality checks, they assign that VIN to me?
I don't think so. As you can see in some cases the VIN comes right the same day or next day after order confirmation.
What this means is, in some situations it is possible that the car is already made with some standard configuration and they match a customer to that after it is made. There are only a few combinations anyway. But mostly, the VIN is assigned to a customer before it is manufactured.
How does that proff that’s not the case? The car is made even before they have got any orders but then someone have configurat they look if there exist any cars with that configuration.
Waiting4M3
Active Member
You should also check when those customers get their cars delivered. In many cases those customers got lucky that there is a car near their delivery locations waiting for a customer urgently before the end of quarter, so as soon as they order they get the VIN, and Tesla tries to delivery as quickly as possible.
Got my VIN! 146xx
Blue Aero EAP
Config 03/17
San Diego
Blue Aero EAP
Config 03/17
San Diego
My theory is they are cranking them out as efficiently as they can with no regard to specific orders other than relative demand. Then they are ammalgomting for full truck or rail car shipments.
There is a very limited # of configurations. Basically the colors x 2 (wheels)
Although, I think the wheels could be switched out to fill a truck.
So my guess is that if they need your specific configuration to fill the truck and they have produced one, they assign that VIN to you.
It’s kind of like when you take an airport shuttle. If you’re thefirst one onboard you have to wait until all seats are filled. If you’re the last, the doors close and you’re on your way.
At least as a stockholder, I would hope that they are employing some sort of logistics for efficiency.
There is a very limited # of configurations. Basically the colors x 2 (wheels)
Although, I think the wheels could be switched out to fill a truck.
So my guess is that if they need your specific configuration to fill the truck and they have produced one, they assign that VIN to you.
It’s kind of like when you take an airport shuttle. If you’re thefirst one onboard you have to wait until all seats are filled. If you’re the last, the doors close and you’re on your way.
At least as a stockholder, I would hope that they are employing some sort of logistics for efficiency.
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A VIN is the very first thing in the life of the car. It's the tracking number on the build sheet. Tesla has historically communicated the VIN to the customer as soon as it was available. But for the Model 3, they scheduled batches of VIN's which were later matched to customer orders. That's why VIN's (for now) are all over the place.
Me too! I'm 145xx as well, If you're picking up from Portland, We might take delivery in the same group!
Brentt
Member
Configured yesterday, Received my VIN tonight. #176XX. Midnight silver, PUP, EAP, sport wheels.
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