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Anyone know how to see when they will actually receive their new slate vehicle?
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👉 Slate Reservations Tracking List: Add Your Slate Reservation 📊
Delivery timing?
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If Slate is like other OEMs, they'll offer a delivery tracker web page. You'll order, see your scheduled production date, see the truck come off the line, see the scheduled pickup and delivery dates.
Since Slate is releasing pricing in June, I'm guessing they'll open the order books same time or a month or so later? And I'd hope you'd be able to track everything within a few weeks of placing your order? OEMs typically run production in batches, and they plan months ahead.
That's all pure guessing based on what other OEMs do. You might send the question to Slate support? They're very good at answering questions like that. And you could let us know what they say.
Since Slate is releasing pricing in June, I'm guessing they'll open the order books same time or a month or so later? And I'd hope you'd be able to track everything within a few weeks of placing your order? OEMs typically run production in batches, and they plan months ahead.
That's all pure guessing based on what other OEMs do. You might send the question to Slate support? They're very good at answering questions like that. And you could let us know what they say.
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Thank you I will reply with the results once I get the answer.
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The only hint so far has been a comment from the CEO that they will start deliveries on a regional bases. They have not disclosed what the regions are or what it is based on.
The bottomline is that our reservation position will not play the primary factor in when we might see our order open up. 🙁
The bottomline is that our reservation position will not play the primary factor in when we might see our order open up. 🙁
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I have to think that that was part of the plan from the start, read the terms when you put down your $50 reservation. But also that it's not as bad as some make it sound. They can't sequentially send out 1 order at a time, in reservation order, that would cost too much. But I doubt they will fill thousands of orders in region 1 before moving to region 2.
Partly it is going to depend on the logistics of us actually picking up the trucks, what kind of setup they have at those locations, and how many there are, but they are going to have a minimum they would ship to a regional hub of a train car load, and ship out full loads, and they would ship from there to whatever the fulfillment location is a car carrier at a time. They may start with regions that have lots of early reservations, and make sure everything goes smoothly, before opening up other regions.
On tracking, and seeing when your truck comes off the line, with only 2 variations, they might not get that detailed as giving you a vin when it comes off the line.
Partly it is going to depend on the logistics of us actually picking up the trucks, what kind of setup they have at those locations, and how many there are, but they are going to have a minimum they would ship to a regional hub of a train car load, and ship out full loads, and they would ship from there to whatever the fulfillment location is a car carrier at a time. They may start with regions that have lots of early reservations, and make sure everything goes smoothly, before opening up other regions.
On tracking, and seeing when your truck comes off the line, with only 2 variations, they might not get that detailed as giving you a vin when it comes off the line.
The Weatherman
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Everything you say makes perfect sense.
But it will still feel like everyone is cutting line, if you were there first. 🙁
Just human nature.
But it will still feel like everyone is cutting line, if you were there first. 🙁
Just human nature.
Doctors Do Little
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maybe there will be a secondary market for reservation slots? Perhaps I trade down from 1st week to 50th week in exchange for cash and future draft considerations?
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What they may do is some time this summer or fall, maybe after the test drive opportunities get going, start sending emails offering for people to convert to orders. Maybe they send the first 10k reservation holders the email, all at once, but that's just a random round number, maybe they send it to the first day's reservations, but maybe they keep the first batch small to test the system and get an idea on conversion rate. That would let you start the paperwork on financing through the bank they are using if needed, and put a real deposit down, at the point that you are putting the full deposit down, they kind of have to have a timeline for you of approximately when you'd get your delivery.
They may do this in kind of large batches, making exactly when you put your reservation in moot. Those who reserved a week in would still have to wait, they got 100k reservations in the first weeks, and another 50k by September. There may be a significant percentage who don't convert, that's what's happened with other launches, but then those others were at higher price points. It's hard to anticipate what the rate will be. The economy and so how much money people have available, gas prices and more may vary significantly by then. If they are getting production ramped up relatively quickly and conversion is similar to others, they may get through the 150k and more relatively quickly. If gas prices are high, and people still have the money to buy the truck, it may take longer.
They may do this in kind of large batches, making exactly when you put your reservation in moot. Those who reserved a week in would still have to wait, they got 100k reservations in the first weeks, and another 50k by September. There may be a significant percentage who don't convert, that's what's happened with other launches, but then those others were at higher price points. It's hard to anticipate what the rate will be. The economy and so how much money people have available, gas prices and more may vary significantly by then. If they are getting production ramped up relatively quickly and conversion is similar to others, they may get through the 150k and more relatively quickly. If gas prices are high, and people still have the money to buy the truck, it may take longer.
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