vervolg betreft delivery time:
Ze gaan extra transportmiddelen inhuren om de klanten hun federal credit te verzekeren:
Citaat:
https://electrek.co/2018/11/15/tesla...al-tax-credit/
Tesla buys trucking companies to shorten Model 3 delivery times for tax credit by the end of the year
Fred Lambert - Nov. 15th 2018
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The CEO added that they are going to ship east with the trucks instead of rails, which is shortening the transit times by weeks.
They are currently shortages of trucks and truck drivers in many regions in North America, which makes this approach hard to do.
We asked Musk how he managed to secure the new capacity and he says that Tesla bought “some truck companies & secured contracts with major haulers”:
@elonmusk
We bought some trucking companies & secured contracts with major haulers to avoid trucking shortage mistake of last quarter
6:40 PM - Nov 15, 2018
He expects that it will enable them to have a higher delivery rate and avoid issues the company had during the last end-of-quarter push.
Now new Model 3 buyers placing an order by the end of the month in the US can apparently expect a delivery by the end of the year to get access to the full $7,500 federal tax credit.
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Het treintransport is soms tot enkele weken te traag... USA is een heel groot land vanuit Fremont (+5000 km tot Oostkust, ook Florida)