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Your Model S has entered the production queue at our Factory in Fremont, California

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Production queue means the specs of your car have been sent from one computer network (Tesla website and ordering) to the other (production). If Tesla's website was hacked or was under attack they wouldn't want this to affect the robots at the factory. Therefore these two networks are most likely disconnected which means they need to regularly move data from one to the other which also explains their unwillingness to make late changes.

This is a very interesting. It raises a lot of engineering questions, though. Are the systems which source the parts also independent of the factory computers? Does someone load up a USB stick every few weeks and walk it over to another network? One could share a computer network such that if someone "hacked" the website, they couldn't access the factory machines.

It could also be: they have a lot of factors which contribue to the ordering of the queue, e.g. P85, high priority customers, special orders, missing parts for a certain option, delivery logistics. But once a car gets into the queue, it would be very difficult to actually change the order. The fact that so many people went into the queue all at once could indicate that they were slowly getting up to speed after the re-tooling, and now they have in a place a longer term plan for the builds over the next two months. I'm not really satisfied with this explanation as either, but it's at least possible.
 
If they aren't meaningful, then what's the point of getting everyone's hopes up?



This seems then that they do have a meaning, it is indicative of the factory status of the build.



But there is *some* meaning, right? It is not completely meaningless.



There are mixed reports from people as to whether their DS has been helpful. My next call with my DS I will ask exactly what the difference is.



My thought was this.
1. There is *some* meaning behind those status messages.
2. Tesla has not actually explained what these mean.
3. A community of people could pool together their information and determine, if not an exact rule, then a rule of thumb to decode these, so that new buyers could have a resource to let them know what their DS are not telling them.

Of course, if the statuses have no real meaning, there is no point for us to to do this, but then again, there is no reason for Tesla to update us with them either.

I don't believe I ever said 'no meaning'. (Thinking I said that is a good example of overthinking - as is the fact you broke down my post and responded line by line - it's about status! :). ) That would be silly.

I'm sure there is *some* meaning, but again, I think too much is being read into this. What I found with my Roadster was that the status messages usually caught up to reality within a day or so of changes happening. As far as 'what's the point?' ... people like to know where their car is on the timeline. This gives a rough feel for where it's at.

I've seen posts though (not yours) implying this is all some game to mislead the stock market or customers or whatever. Nahhhh. People want to know if they're up on deck or if their car isn't even scheduled yet. And yes, some DS will be more helpful than others - they're human, some have been there longer, etc. But they can also place phone calls and get up-to-the-minute information if there is a reason to do so (just wanting to know for the nth day in a row is probably not a good reason ... just sayin').

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Bonnie I agree with everything except your last sentence. This car company is magical! They are putting processes in place to give new owners a "feel" for where their car is in the process. Communication is a powerful tool to keep buyers informed and anticipation in check. I have actually been learning at a high level some of the step in manufacturing process.

And the final product is magical. :).
 
I apologize for responding to your post line by line. Next time I will read it less carefully. :)

I think I'm still confused as to what you are actually saying. In my mind, either the statuses have meaning, or they don't. If they don't have meaning, that's fine, but you seem to be saying they do have meaning, but that we shouldn't try to figure it out.
 
I apologize for responding to your post line by line. Next time I will read it less carefully. :)

I think I'm still confused as to what you are actually saying. In my mind, either the statuses have meaning, or they don't. If they don't have meaning, that's fine, but you seem to be saying they do have meaning, but that we shouldn't try to figure it out.

Oh you're not confused. :) Breaking it apart lost a little context, no?

It's not worth this nitpicking. That's my point. Of course there is some meaning (you used that word, yourself). It's like saying I'm 60 years old. There is some meaning to that. You can infer certain things by my age. But you certainly cannot draw a whole lot of conclusions (not safely, anyway!) without knowing me and more about me and such. The status messages, as others have said, are directional. To try to infer more meaning from them than that is just going to leave you with nonsensical data. Like, say, trying to decide that because I'm 60, you don't know if that means I'm ready for the old folks home or if I'm out running marathons. You only know I'm 60. It means nothing more than that.

The delivery specialist can provide more meaning. The status messages are merely current status. You could be held up in a status for a long time or a short time for reasons unclear to you UNLESS you talk to the DS.
 
Ok, so we agree. If you are reading this thread because you are excited your status changed from "sourcing" to "in queue", we are sorry to say that this message is not really helpful, and your estimated time of delivery is the same as your DS has already told you.
 
Anyone know sql?

update status_table set status_desc = 'Your Model S has entered the production queue at our Factory in Fremont, CA'
where status_table_desc = 'sourcing parts';

i think that is about all it took.
 
Wouldn't it have been helpful if someone at Tesla let us know what "in the queue" meant, either with an email to those affected, or in some other way? I actually thought that my car had actually advanced into another part of the production process. It's not a big deal, since I know as soon as it arrives, I'll soon forget this pre-ownership experience.
 
I suspect that if Tesla were to answer the next level of questions, then people would want another level of detail yet.

Why don't you guys just admit it? You really want to be on the floor, overseeing your car throughout the production process.

:)
 
bonnie, hah, so true! I've fantasized how fun it would be if they had cameras overlooking each work area that could take video clips of your actual car being worked on as it passed from one area to another and those could be made available via your dashboard. But, I'll still be beyond thrilled just to see the "in production" status when it finally comes!
 
bonnie, hah, so true! I've fantasized how fun it would be if they had cameras overlooking each work area that could take video clips of your actual car being worked on as it passed from one area to another and those could be made available via your dashboard. But, I'll still be beyond thrilled just to see the "in production" status when it finally comes!

That would be cool.
 
bonnie, hah, so true! I've fantasized how fun it would be if they had cameras overlooking each work area that could take video clips of your actual car being worked on as it passed from one area to another and those could be made available via your dashboard. But, I'll still be beyond thrilled just to see the "in production" status when it finally comes!

I can hear it now. "Wait!! No! That guy took a break. Make him come back RIGHT NOW! I want his phone number. Why can't I have his phone number? I'm going to go wait in the employee lot and look for him. None of this 'break business' while they're working on MY car. They can take a break with someone else's car, dammit."