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Originally Posted by mgarblik
Well, Elon Musk also said....
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Elon says a lot of things.
He announced in September 2015 that the Model 3 would be unveiled in March of 2016. In May of 2016 Musk announced that he would produce 100,000 Model 3's in 2017 (produced less than 3,000) and 400,000 in 2018 (produced less than 165,000).
He said the Model 3 would be a $35,000 car and took over 500,000 deposits of $1,000 each and then failed to deliver a $35,000 Model 3 in 2017 or 2018. You could buy a $40 - 70,000 Model 3, but he refused to build the $35,000 one he promised when he accepted $500,000,000 in deposits.
It's 2020 and you still can't find the $35,000 Model 3 SR on the Tesla website, but apparently if you configure a SR Plus ($39,900) and pay a $100.00 order fee, there is a way to finangle your way through the system to the point where you have to stop the process and wait for Tesla to email you about completing your order.
Then you need to STOP everything and reach out to a Tesla Store or showroom, provide the Tesla employee your VIN#, and request them to flag your Model 3 order to be a Standard Range model. This will take several DAYS.
And then you can get your white (ONLY) Model 3 for $35,000, plus $1200 destination fee, plus $100 order fee for a total (before tax) of $36,300.
If you want one, here are the detailed instructions here:
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-mode...-buying-guide/
Norway has been the leader of the EV movement. It used to be a Tesla success story. The Norwegians are probably the most experienced and knowledgeable EV buyers on the planet.
Tesla has sold 20,818 Model S's, 17,505 Model 3's and 13,388 Model X's in Norway - or over 50,000 Tesla's.
Bit for 2020 YTD - sales for Tesla have cratered - only 87 Model S's, 1818 Model 3's and 213 Model X's - or just over 2100 total have been sold this year. As a reference point - Tesla sold over 5300 Model 3's in March of 2019 alone last year.
Meanwhile, in 2020, Audi has sold 6428 of their E-trons, VW has sold 3992 of their Golfs, Nissan has sold 3363 of their Leafs and Hyundai has sold 2996 of their Konas.
The Pandemic is everywhere, but people are still buying EV's in Norway, they just aren't buying Tesla's like they used to.