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Guides for the Tesla wait.
What each step of a Tesla order means, written from the questions people ask while they wait.
Written by Jaap Rodenburg, who builds the app, with numbers from the app's own order data.
- Guide · 8 min readWhich ship is my Tesla on, and how long does the trip take?36.5 daysmedian at sea from Shanghai to Southampton
- Guide · 8 min readHow accurate is Tesla's estimated delivery window?52%of delivered orders arrived inside the first window
- Guide · 9 min readTesla Roadster reservation: what buyers know so far.$50,000US reservation for Performance, not the price of the car
- Guide · 7 min readTesla VIN assigned: what happens next.17 daysmedian from VIN to delivery for Berlin cars in Europe
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Which ship is my Tesla on, and how long does the trip take?
Eight tracked car-carrier voyages took a median 36.5 days from Shanghai to Southampton. Which factory builds your car, its ports and time to delivery.
- Every UK Model 3 with a VIN in the app was built in Shanghai (536 of 536), and so were 535 of 539 Canadian Model 3s. UK Model Ys all came from Berlin (339 of 339).
- Car carriers the app follows took a median 36.5 days from Shanghai to Southampton (8 voyages) and 37 days to Zeebrugge (6 voyages). Shanghai to Japan took about 8 days.
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- Which ship is my Tesla on, and how long does the trip take?Eight tracked car-carrier voyages took a median 36.5 days from Shanghai to Southampton. Which factory builds your car, its ports and time to delivery.36.5 daysmedian at sea from Shanghai to Southampton
- How accurate is Tesla's estimated delivery window?52% of Tesla orders arrived inside the first delivery window. Data from orders tracked in Delivery Status on how often it moves and what a VIN changes.52%of delivered orders arrived inside the first window
- Tesla Roadster reservation: what buyers know so far.A Roadster reservation costs $50,000 in the US. Tesla has named no price and says it cannot guarantee delivery. What the terms say and what is unknown.$50,000US reservation for Performance, not the price of the car
- Tesla VIN assigned: what happens next.What a Tesla VIN means, what Tesla asks you to do after it, and how long delivery took for over 1,200 European orders tracked in Delivery Status for Tesla.17 daysmedian from VIN to delivery for Berlin cars in Europe
- How long from Tesla order to VIN, by country and factory.Median days from Tesla order to VIN for Model Y in 16 countries and per factory, from orders tracked in Delivery Status for Tesla, with what moves the wait.17 to 114 daysmedian from order to VIN for Model Y, by country
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