TESLA available for order in SA?

[itareanlnotani]

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk plans to unveil a Model 3 prototype in Los Angeles at 8:30 p.m. PDT (0330 GMT, Friday), with online pre-orders starting one hour earlier than that.

Musk said in a tweet that Tesla has added more countries including India, Brazil, South Africa, South Korea, New Zealand, Singapore and Ireland to the Model 3 order page.

Marginally more info here - http://www.todayonline.com/business/tesla-fans-line-camp-out-sign-new-model-3

and here is the actual tweet - https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/715677488228098048


Tesla's home page at the moment has no info other than the https://model3.tesla.com/# page redirect.
As a (potentially) interested buyer, this is exciting news though.

 

[gimpex]

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[itareanlnotani]

According to the signup page, details are here (but that page doesn't work yet).

https://model3.tesla.com/en_ZA/reservationAgreement

Not sure I want to put down $1000 just yet till I have an idea of local pricing
If its 35k USD equivalent, (R525,000 +-) then I'm interested though.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

yeah they're going to sell overpriced electronic cars to the 3 poorest BRICS members as well as one of the poorest EU members ... 1 April really is an irritating news day!

 

[itareanlnotani]

I'm putting down a deposit.
I'm offgrid / fully solar already, so this is a great complement to my existing system(s).

The details page is now working, although not much on there yet.

Forum for the Tesla Model 3 here (the one that will be available here in late 2017 or so)
https://forums.teslamotors.com/forum/tesla-model-3

 

[jalbasson]

Could you do a payment for the reservation? I got a payment error ... They said I should use an alternative method. I used an Incestev VISA card. Anyone gad luck reserving one with a SA credit card?

 

[itareanlnotani]

Also got a payment error. Will try again later with another card.
At least I can use one of my Chinese USD based credit cards for the deposit, so I don't get completely raped on forex charges by FNB.

 

[MrGray]

Apparently people were queuing outside the dealerships to pay the $1000 deposit - 115 000 people have already paid a deposit!! BTW, in the US you get a $7500 tax credit for buying an EV.

 

[Kevin Lancaster]

Tesla Model 3 coming to South Africa

Elon Musk has stated that the Tesla Model 3 will launch in South Africa.

 

[Vegeta]

lmao come on guys.

 

[koeksGHT]

lmao come on guys.

/comes back tomorrow.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

lmao come on guys.

Well, his initial tweet went out on the 31st, at 4 in the afternoon...

 

[Jan]

This is actually legit. Here's the link to Musk's tweet: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/715647321019551744

 

[itareanlnotani]

Plus the site has en_ZA... definitely legit

https://model3.tesla.com/en_ZA/reservationAgreement

 

[RichardG]

Anyone have luck putting down a deposit

 

[Vegeta]

Plus the site has en_ZA... definitely legit
https://model3.tesla.com/en_ZA/reservationAgreement

Elon, epic innovator, epic prankster. The guy goes balls to the wall with everything, must be exhausting

 

[Vegeta]

Anyone have luck putting down a deposit

Who in their right mind puts down a $1000 deposit on anything on the 1st of April?

 

[itareanlnotani]

Who in their right mind puts down a $1000 deposit on anything on the 1st of April?

It was announced on the 31st March in the USA.
Just because its April 1st here, doesn't mean its not real.

To quote my first post -

Musk said in a tweet that Tesla has added more countries including India, Brazil, South Africa, South Korea, New Zealand, Singapore and Ireland to the Model 3 order page.

and the confirmation at 4pm March 31st - https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/715677488228098048

 

[satanboy]

I've ordered 20. Willing to sell a few at a premium.

 

[Vegeta]

If Elon knows anything about time differences then he would know that that's the perfect time to announce it.
Btw Elon knows some sh*t my friend.