Re:Reserving your Model 3
by ChuckMcM on Monday March 21, 2016 @02:11PM
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Well in the original Model S reservations they moved up folks who had bought the high margin ones to the front of the line so that they could show a profitable quarter early on. If you looked at their build orders for that first quarter or so it was waaaay slanted towards the more exotic versions. I would expect them to do the same for the Model 3. While it frontloads the profit, that can bootstrap the rest of the system.
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They're doing the same for the Model X. P90DLs got priority, then P90Ds, and now I believe the 90Ds are starting to show up. 70D orders will probably be waiting until the second half of this year.
Re:Reserving your Model 3
by will_hughes on Monday March 21, 2016 @09:02PM
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Grouping builds based on common configuration I don't see as being terribly odd - reduces the chance of errors and increases efficiencies.
But that said - there's been 70Ds been showing up for a while, so I suspect it was just just done for the initial rush of orders.
Do you mean S 70Ds? According to modelxtracker.com, no X 70Ds have been delivered yet. That's not a comprehensive list, but I'd expect to see some there if they've been making deliveries.
Re:Reserving your Model 3
by will_hughes on Monday March 21, 2016 @09:46PM
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Ah, apologies - misread that as the Model S.