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posted by mrpg on Wednesday July 04 2018, @11:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the run-run dept.

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[...] Tesla told Roadshow Tuesday evening it will, "in the coming days," open up invites for all remaining Model 3 reservation holders to design and finalize their Model 3s. This applies to the US and Canada, and the invites will be sent out based on when holders placed their reservations.

If you plunked down $1,000 for the deposit and are holding out hope for the short-range battery that'll be much closer to that magic $35,000 number, don't worry -- you can still hold onto your reservation and wait for your preferred trim to become available. According to Tesla's Model 3 design studio, which is still only available to reservation holders, the automaker estimates a six-to-nine-month wait for the more affordable battery pack.

Source: https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-opens-model-3-invites-all-remaining-reservation-holders/


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 04 2018, @12:33PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 04 2018, @12:33PM (#702514)

    I don't know of any auto manufacturer allowing you to do that, when ordering from the factory. Anyway, this being Tesla there is no such thing as a weekend for the assembly line workers, and it makes no difference when your car is assembled, the people doing it are going to be overworked and unrested regardless.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 04 2018, @04:07PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 04 2018, @04:07PM (#702591)

    And Tesla's robots are really tired, too. Also, they get their oil changed on Tuesdays, so that's probably a bad day for robots to build a car. And Marge the receptionist gets her hair done Wednesday, so that's a bad day, too.

  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 04 2018, @04:45PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 04 2018, @04:45PM (#702607)

    Well, here's a chance for Tesla to innovate -- send the customer updates as their car moves down the line. The data must be in the production scheduling system already.

    Discerning customers could order two cars and cancel one (if it looked like it was going to be a Monday car) at the last minute--at which point it goes out to a dealer lot or something.

    Even with all the robots, there are plenty of people working on the Model 3 assembly line. While I haven't seen any details, I have a strong suspicion that the new line (tent) has less robots and more people.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 05 2018, @05:36AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 05 2018, @05:36AM (#702862)

      Pretty expensive proposition, considering Tesla requires and additional $2500 non-refundable deposit before they will start assembly.

    • (Score: 1) by Muad'Dave on Thursday July 05 2018, @11:16AM

      by Muad'Dave (1413) on Thursday July 05 2018, @11:16AM (#702922)

      > send the customer updates as their car moves down the line.

      When I ordered my Mini 15 years ago I got that sort of info. I even got updates on where it was on the ship transporting it from the UK to the US.