Hacker News Reader

USA here - ordered a Tesla Model Y in July 2021. Estimated delivery was October 2021. A couple of weeks ago, that date changed to April 2022.

Yes the Tesla cars we can buy without too long wait are from the Chinese factory. I ordered my Model Y late August and got it beginning of September.

You can choose the factory?

Configuration probably dictates origin.

And tariffs. USMCA heavily biases car manufacturing towards North America.

Its not explicitly said but Long range is from China, and Performance is from USA.

So you can get a long range a lot sooner?

If you buy the car in Norway, yes.

Man, that's crazy how sudden this car demand surge happened. I was in the market for a Model Y in February 2021 and got mine in March.

Hertz