First ~3,000 Tesla Model 3s For European Customers Arrive In European Port — Pictures!

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Just after publishing Maarten’s superb article on the electric vehicle explosion coming to Europe in 2019, I got word of the Glovis Captain arriving into Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium. I threw some tweets about this into the bottom of Maarten’s article, but given how long Europeans have patiently waited for their Model 3s, it seemed the news deserved its own headline.

Screenshot of tweet from @TeslaStars

Note: If you have a Model 3, Model S, or Model X on the way (and the order was in before February 2), but you didn’t use a referral code for 6 months of free Supercharging (or 9 months if you didn’t test drive the car), then you can still use my referral code — http://ts.la/tomasz7234 — on the Tesla webpage where you ordered the car.

If you’re in Europe and have already placed your order without a referral code, you can send an email to buildmy3EMEA@tesla.com with the word “Referral” in the subject line to get one added. Just put your name, contact information, reservation number (starts with RN), and the referral code you’d like to use in the body of the email. (Thanks to Paul for discovering that.)

There’s not much more to add at this point. Tens or hundreds of thousands of Tesla buyers must be salivating at the thought of their cars hitting the docks. For now, the first few thousand of them apparently have. Here are some more tweets on the matter:

#GlovisCaptain is now off the coast of Calais, France. Arrival at this speed in Zeebrugge in 5 hours.
The blob of green/red dots are all ships waiting to enter the Port of Zeebrugge or Antwerp.
Further to the right, the rectangle of blue dots are offshore windfarm markers. pic.twitter.com/d23G85A9Uh

— MacGyver (@MacGyver_BE) February 4, 2019

Precious #Tesla Model 3 cargo on the #GlovisCaptain now about to navigate the world’s busiest and most congested shipping lanes – the Dover Straits between England and France. Everyone breath in! $TSLA

(about 150km from Zeebrugge) pic.twitter.com/HZDRBdjMiY

— EV News Daily Podcast (@EVNewsDaily) February 4, 2019

The Glovis Captain has arrived. The Harbour pilot boarded a short time ago and they are entering the Port of Zeebrugge shortly. $TSLA #Tesla #Model3 pic.twitter.com/E098mrhrhn

— Walter MacVane👀 (@EcoHeliGuy) February 5, 2019

About to accelera a lot.https://t.co/hXLDM3l2t3

— RJD (@Rjdlandscapes) February 5, 2019

#GlovisCaptain on his way to dock 510 pic.twitter.com/TI69amSxay

— Kristof Lambrecht (@Kristof_1978) February 5, 2019

pic.twitter.com/9H0zXWyAIK

— FalconU (@UlricDabe) February 5, 2019

Welcome #GlovisCaptain. First batcht of model 3 has arrived in Europe pic.twitter.com/8AHLy0DMgr

— Kristof Lambrecht (@Kristof_1978) February 5, 2019

Arrival first 1.000 @Tesla @Model3Owners in Europe. Start of a new era in Europe. We have to get rid of oil and gasoline cars! pic.twitter.com/PpXwSvHrCM

— MisterGreen EV Lease Tesla 🚀 (@MisterGreenEV) February 5, 2019

#GlovisCaptain carrying a few thousand model 3 for some very anxious European customers, me included pic.twitter.com/Ekq4LcUE5N

— Kristof Lambrecht (@Kristof_1978) February 5, 2019

And it will be around 2800 cars, not 5000…

— Edward Grünwald (@EduardGrnwald) February 4, 2019

Glovis Love Captain. Touching ground (not litterally no) #Model3 pic.twitter.com/Rw2cyKqaga

— Alain Veuve (@alainveuve) February 5, 2019