When will you be able to pick up your Tesla Model 3 from the dealership?

The American brand has updated the production and delivery plans for its electric saloon.

It is clear that Elon Musk is trying to manage the expectations of the more than 500,000 customers who have reserved the Tesla Model 3 across the planet. During the presentation of the electric saloon, where all the details of the vehicle were unveiled, the brand’s CEO warned that the company was going to be in a “production hell” (production hell) for at least six months. Given how important it is for a car to arrive at a home, since it usually means replacing it with another vehicle, what can we expect from Tesla’s production plans?

So far, customers who have reserved a Model 3 have been expecting their new car based on the estimates Tesla made in March 2016, when the first presentation of the electric model took place. But now, the brand has updated the delivery plans for the Model 3 and they stand as follows:

1. At present, Tesla is delivering the first units of the Model 3 to its employees. These units have been manufactured in premium configuration and include the extended-range battery pack.

2. The delivery to customers is expected to begin from October onwards.

3. In November, Tesla should begin producing the first units of the entry-level version ($35,000), that is, those equipped with the standard battery (354 kilometres of range).

4. The version featuring two electric motors and a four-wheel-drive system is scheduled for spring 2018.

5. The top-of-the-range variant – a sporty version with performance close to that of the Model S – should arrive in the same period.

6. Model 3 deliveries in Europe and the rest of the world (excluding the US, logically) are set for the second half of 2018.

7. The markets whose cars have the steering wheel on the right – such as the United Kingdom – will have to wait until 2019 to receive the Model 3.

Will Tesla manage to meet the deadlines it has promised?

These are Tesla’s plans for delivering the Model 3 to its customers. However, these forecasts will only be met if the brand manages to sustain the production rate it intends, something that is not yet very clear will happen. Hence Elon Musk’s caution in his statements.

During the presentation of the Model 3, the CEO of Tesla repeatedly stressed how difficult it is to predict a production curve like the one they have just published.

The goal: produce 5,000 units per week, 2.5 times more than the Model S and Model X

Elon Musk trusts that by the end of the year they can reach 5,000 units manufactured per week, but he is not very sure how the production curve will evolve until then. The company’s CEO added that the Model 3 is made up of 10,000 unique materials and that if any one of them ran short (whether from a supplier or from the brand itself) it would slow down the entire production process. Furthermore, it must be taken into account that manufacturing 5,000 units per week would mean increasing the production rate of the Tesla Model S and Model X by 2.5 times, a territory totally unknown to the American brand in which anything could happen.

How would possible production delays of the Model 3 affect Spain?

Luckily, possible delays in the Model 3’s production rate should not affect the model’s arrival in our country too much (but rather that of North American customers), since by the time Tesla begins distributing the model in Europe – mid-2018 – production should be high enough for reservations to stop being a problem.

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