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Originally Posted by acottawa
Interesting.
I wonder what the ratio of reservations to deliveries is? There was someone on one of these boards that put in a reservation for a tesla but also bought a condo without charging facilities.
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There are zero deliveries at the moment. The factory (one of the largest buildings in the world) isn't even finished yet. Its a race to see how quickly they can deliver the 500,000 new cars that have been reserved.
I don't know what the deal is with Tesla, but with a Ford all-electric, a charging station is included in the price, along with a $2000 allowance for an electrician to install the system at your home base, whether that be a parking garage or your private home.
There is also a new government program providing grants to install public charging stations if you can demonstrate the need. There are three people in my office with reservations for Model III's and we intend on applying for the grant for a station at the office. Otherwise I'll just keep the car plugged into the block heater at work to try to keep the battery topped up, but as stated before, its something like 19 hours for a full charge on a regular plug-in.