Tesla’s Model S and Model X electric vehicles (EVs) are sold out in Europe for the entirety of the first quarter of 2023, with estimated delivery dates for new orders being pushed to April-June from January-March (via @Tslachan).
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• Model S/X Europe's estimated delivery date has been changed from April to June. (Previously from January to March)• Q1 sold out in Europe.
• Model S/X will be delivered to China, Israel, UAE, and Europe on Q2. pic.twitter.com/lZLYOAbApU
— Tsla Chan (@Tslachan) January 21, 2023
This is despite the fact that the all-electric automaker only launched the Model S/X Plaid last month and started taking orders for the Long Range trims of both cars earlier this month. There appears to be plenty of demand for Tesla’s higher-end EVs in Europe.
While Tesla manufactures Model Ys for the European market at its Gigafactory in Germany, Model S and Model X units for the region are imported — from its factory in Fremont, California. (Correction: Fremont, not Giga Shanghai.)
While Tesla reported a record 405,000 EV deliveries for Q4 2022 and an all-time high of 1.3 million units for the entire year across the globe, the company did pretty well for itself in Europe last year. Tesla was the top-selling EV brand in Germany for 2022, and the Model Y also took the EV sales crown for 2022 in a total of 10 European countries.
To top it all off, Tesla recently rolled out significant price cuts for its higher-volume Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in several European countries, along with North America.
Europe isn’t the only market where the Model S and Model X are sold out for Q1, either. Deliveries for both vehicles in China, Israel, and the UAE have also slipped into Q2.
I am wondering why my comment on the topic just was deleted – I was writing:
It’s important to mention, that the built-quality of the cars is really bad – had a P100DL MX before with perfect built quality. I myself am also affected with a Model X Plaid.
– I’m not picky with panel gaps, but 3 of them are not tolerable. One is a welding mistake – alls MX Plaid I’ve seen have this very huge gap (A-pillar left). Furthermore parts are not fitting, my tailgate always hits the small rear window on one side. Door Panel is damaged, so that there is more driving noise on one side. Heavy load of glue is on a Falcon Door seal. One Door Seal completely loose. Dashboard not fitting on one side (all MX Plaid I’ve seen so far). Other interior parts not fitting. I could continue the list with various other topics.
– The worst thing is, that although the Plaid has so much more PS/KW, the suspension is not adjusted properly. Only one of four wheels was adjusted properly – that’s a real danger when driving faster on German Autobahn or driving curves.
– you can see the check of an external Tesla Expert on quality and suspension adjustment here (in German): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPKElA3BdZY&t=5s
– There seems no quality control and I don’t wanna know if you would demount parts and look deeper what all is wrong then.
There has. Simply not acceptable for a 150.000 € car. I can not reccomend the car to any of my friends due to the bad built quality, otherwise they would make me responsible.
– Service mentaliy at the delivery center was more than lousy (Delivery Center Haag / Germany). School kids like cheeky they were not interested that I simply wanted my mistakes at the car photographed and documented. I can not reccomend to buy a Tesla to any of my friends who drive Porsche, Mercedes, Bentley, BMW or other luxury brands, because if any person would speak like this to them they would directly call the police and be there with their lawyer to arrest the whole team for fraud. As 100% of the money were taken and if there was missed one small mistake, no problem – but there can’t have been a quality control at the factory neither at the delivery center.
– If this continues, this was my last Tesla. I was so much looking forward to the car, there are so many cool engineering improvements, the power (and if the suspension is adjusted properly), the suspension, the interior, the UI – all making one smile. But for this price point I simply expect a perfect delivery with perfect built quality, no dumb school kids and I also do not expect a queue of 30 people at the delivery and me waiting 1h until everything gets started. Not for paying 150K.
– the German forum https://tff-forum.de ist full of complaints regarding the built quality and bad service.
thanks for sharing, Roman. The first link was auto-moderated because of the links, it has been approved. I agree Tesla needs to keep improving quality and the service experience. hopefully you get to enjoy the Model X Plaid!