The Europeans have been waiting for almost 3 years to configure their Tesla Model 3s. Recently, the configuring of the Model 3 All Wheel Drive and Performance versions was opened up for European reservation holders. Tesla released the uplifting video below yesterday.
Europeans are finally on the verge of tasting the Tesla Model 3. As has been long expected, Tesla will start shipping the highest-trim versions of the Model 3 in the first batches to the Old Continent. Also, as long indicated by Tesla, those shipments will begin in the 1st quarter of 2019.
We can do a little reading between the lines for broader messages, but there’s also important nuance that is left out that we won’t have any insight into for a while, if ever.
The Tesla Model 3 for Europe will come equipped with a CCS charging port, giving drivers access to an additional 5,500 charge points on the Continent.
The Tesla Model 3 is officially coming to Europe tomorrow (er … today if you’re in Europe). The automaker has announced the arrival of the highly anticipated vehicle in its stores across the EU in emails to customers.
If you haven’t noticed, there’s a small nation of people collecting clues around Tesla’s Model 3 production. One of the top clue databases is the place where new VINs drop. (VINs = vehicle identification numbers.)
When I read that international deliveries of the Tesla Model 3 would only start in “Late 2018,” I wasn’t much surprised, because it has been the usual Tesla modus operandi. In earlier launches, US deliveries were prioritized as well. (The first European Tesla Model S arrived in June 2013, one year after the first Model S arrived in the US. Volume deliveries started in September 2013. The same timing pattern occurred for the Model X in 2016 as well.) The surprising part was the word “late,” which could mean Q4 2018, later than usual.
