Here's What a Tesla Cancellation Looks Like

no doubt you're not the only one. even tesla-ites get reservers remorse.

 

They handled it well we must say

 

Better than acting like they never heard from you.

 

I'm not convinced it won't be a hatchback like the S. Everything about the car just seemed more concept car than preproduction unit. There's so much left to design on that car in my opinion. I can easily see the all glass roof being axed especially on lower trim models. And then maybe the hinges can be moved onto the roof to become a versatile hatchback?

Anyway, count me in as someone who is also disappointed the 3 isn't a hatch. I won't cross it off my list given its single competitor, the Bolt is so homely looking.

 

wow, what about all the people who reserved one because it was a sedan?

 

The Model 3 will not be a hatchback.
The variants of the Model 3 very well may be, but the 3 will not.

The test ride cars were engineering prototypes. The biggest changes will be to the interior controls and the nose of the car, that's it.

 

I am not a shareholder. I understand why Tesla would want to touch your email once but I would have asked for confirmation and perhaps receive a comment worth passing along to marketing or Engineering.

As they flag the duplicate and excessive reservations I would hope they wait for a request to cancel so they can sit on the money longer. They can always be refunded when it is time to turn the reservation into an order.

I cancelled my reservation for the Model S for several reasons. As the commercial says, "no regerts". I deposited the check electronically so I got a souvenir.

I placed a reservation because one never knows what will happen and "Order a Tesla, screw the shorts" seemed like a fun use of $1000.

 

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So will the reported 400,000 pre-orders be recalculated monthly and updates provided to the public of the true number of pre-orders after cancellations? Share holders would be interested

 

I expect this will be in the quarterly financials.
Since the reservations are considered a liability (on the balance sheet), and are all $1000 it should be easy to calculate even if they don't say specifically.

 

When I canceled a Model S reservation I simply called the local store. Very quick and easy.
I suspect the hoops Tesla and its customers have to jump through slows things down a bit.

 

Elon has publicly said this himself many times, I would be very surprised if it changes

 

I don't think so. Reservations for Model S, Model X, and Model 3 seem to be held in the same account or consolidated for reporting purposes. Model 3 reservations appear to be static.

 

How many people will have outstanding "reservations" for an S though? X, maybe.

 

are there a glut of s's on the lots?

 

It is true all reservations, from what I have seen are held in one account.
However, there are no longer any $40,000 Signature reservations (or soon won't be any). The S reservations are less than a 2 month supply of Model Ss.
While you couldn't figure out the exact number, it wouldn't be too hard to get an approximate count.

No, other than loaner vehicles and a couple of test drive vehicles, there is no inventory. Tesla builds on order, not ahead of time.