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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by xyzzyz on Sunday July 01, 2018 @08:02PM (#17438439)
It will just result in delayed sales.

I know two people who withdrew their Tesla Model 3 reservations due to them failing to meet a deadline. Their reasoning was that they'd like to buy a Tesla, but if they need to wait years for it, they prefer to get a nice car to drive in the meantime. The longer the delays are, the more people will give up.

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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by anoncoward111 on Sunday July 01, 2018 @08:52PM (#17438621)
Yeah I agree with you, but we're talking about a delay of two weeks, not years. That's how long it will take to make up the shortfall.

Anyway, Teslas are overpriced and of questionable quality.

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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by xyzzyz on Sunday July 01, 2018 @09:17PM (#17438699)
The original deadline for 5k production was in December. It's more than 2 weeks.
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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by someonenice on Monday July 02, 2018 @12:17AM (#17439317)
The delay for the people who placed order are not same as delay to get to 5K target.

If I am 100,000 in queue, then car should have originally taken 20 weeks at 5000 cars per week. Now it will take 20.62 weeks at 4850 per week.

That is a delay of few days.

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