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Tesla Opens Orders To All US and Canadian Model 3 Reservation Holders (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: For people who put down a $1,000 deposit for a Tesla Model 3 as long as two years ago, the big day has arrived. Specifically, the day has arrived when they can give Tesla another $2,500 and then wait a few more months for their car to arrive. Days before the end of the second quarter, Tesla is now allowing all reservation holders in the United States and Canada to place orders for the Model 3. Customers will be able to choose between several variants of the Model 3 -- including the high-end "performance" model -- as well as choosing colors and option packages. However, the low-end version of the Model 3 with its long-promised $35,000 price tag isn't available to order yet.
Each customer will get a specific delivery estimate based on the model they choose and their position on the waiting list. A typical delivery window is two to four months. While the original $1,000 Model 3 deposit was fully refundable, customers who pay the extra $2,500 will be locked in three days after placing an order, the company told CNBC. That isn't a new requirement -- a Tesla spokeswoman told Ars that the company has long asked customers to pay a $2,500 deposit when they order other Tesla models.
Each customer will get a specific delivery estimate based on the model they choose and their position on the waiting list. A typical delivery window is two to four months. While the original $1,000 Model 3 deposit was fully refundable, customers who pay the extra $2,500 will be locked in three days after placing an order, the company told CNBC. That isn't a new requirement -- a Tesla spokeswoman told Ars that the company has long asked customers to pay a $2,500 deposit when they order other Tesla models.
For those of you debating whether to order now and splurge on the long range model, waiting for the 35K model likely means you will not get the full tax credit. The impact of this may be more than you think. Not only do you get to take the tax credit for this year when you buy now, but if you wait until the tax credit expires to sell your (now used) car, the resale value should increase by close to the tax credit amount. So it really does make sense to buy now (35K + 15K = long range Model 3 now).
Of course, now that they are opening orders to everyone. . . you probably want to closely look into the probability of getting your car in time to take advantage of the full tax credit. . .
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For people who put down a $1,000 deposit for a Tesla Model 3 as long as two years ago, the big day has arrived.
Not to dump on Tesla's, they are nice cars, but waiting two years for a car? You have to be a major fanboy to do that ... and people around here call Apple users all kinds of ugly names for queueing in front of a shop for a mobile phone 24hrs before release day.
For the record, a lot of us are sick of the presumtion that because we find the operation Tesla is operating to be a scam, that it means we're speculating in the market.
Sure, some of you are dumb enough to invest in Tesla in some sort of hopeful virtue-signaling gesture. Some are even dumber to be 'shorting' Tesla.
The rest of us, the majority, just think the whole venture is a little pathetic.
Furthermore, Trump calls the Canadian dairy tariff one-sided, yet he seems completely unwilling to acknowledge the fact that American farmers are subsidized as well. The difference is that Canadian dairy farmers are assisted by people actually buying their products and are weighted in a way to control production based on demand. American farmers are paid for by American tax dollars whether you consume dairy products or not.
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