Tesla delays Model 3 delivery dates for anxious would-be drivers
Tesla customers who waited in line in March 2016 to place deposits for the first Model 3s will have to be patient even longer after delivery dates for many reservation holders have slipped again.
Several would-be drivers said they received emails from the electric-car maker on Wednesday night — after the Palo Alto company reported its fourth-quarter earnings — saying their expected delivery dates had been pushed back. Some Day 1 reservation holders are now seeing “late 2018” for the $35,000 Model 3 with the standard battery pack, while others who placed orders the following day have reported their date is now “early 2019.