Roadster production dates

[TEG]

Thanks for the updates, folks. I am editing the first post. I am not tracking delivery dates, just when the cars were marked as being made.

 

[slcasner]

I'm just guessing, but I think the VDS date may be the date the battery is manufactured. I think the battery was assembled on the VDS date and waiting for my vehicle's arrival.

I think the VDS date is when the processor is first installed and booted up, on the assembly line in Hethel. Or maybe just before installation, when the processor module is prepared and put into the parts bin for that station.

 

[markwj]

My date was some time between factories 2 and 3. Around where the body gets put together.

 

[Dragon]

Not sure if you are just tracking north american, or all, but here is mine:

Hong Kong VIN SFZRE8B15B3000569 assembled 6, April 2011 in Hethel, UK. Right hand drive.

Number 570, european. Date on the Screen shows 11th April. Strange it's 5 days between yours and mine.

 

[TEG]

Well, trying to put them in exact sequential groups by month isn't totally accurate as it seems they jumped around a bit.
I noticed these out of sequence:

 

[7racer]

1400

Aug 15, 2011

 

[NigelM]

Well, trying to put them in exact sequential groups by month isn't totally accurate as it seems they jumped around a bit.
I noticed these out of sequence:

Depends on the options spec. It's possible one was more complicated than the other and despite being an earlier VIN, ended up with a later mfg date.

 

[tennis_trs]

Depends on the options spec. It's possible one was more complicated than the other and despite being an earlier VIN, ended up with a later mfg date.

Yeah, supposedly my car was delayed several weeks due to a lack of clear CF interior parts available at the time.

 

[TEG]

1400
Aug 15, 2011

Thanks. I think you may be lucky that yours got made before Sept 1st.
Some of the ones apparently 'stuck' in Menlo right now seem to be in the 13xx range, and I suspect that 'hold for ESC' means they have a manufacture date after Sept 1st.

 

[7racer]

maybe lucky? or maybe those guys are getting the new headlights?

 

[bolosky]

My's US#670, production dat August 17, 2009. I seem to be a few weeks ahead of the numbers you have posted. They make a special effort to deliver my car on my birthday (August 29), which they did.

 

[TEG]

Yeah, I think they managed to move a few forward now and then for special reasons.

 

[NigelM]

TEG, did you see the "Nasdaq" Roadster at the Model S event? It had Vin #929 and March 2009 inside the door. I couldn't check the VDS.

 

[TEG]

Been there, done that! :wink:

 

[S-2000 Roadster]

I just read a note from a reliable source saying that the very first 2.5 was VIN # 964. Unless Tesla Motors delivered more 2.0 models after that VIN, I think you should be able to mark this as the definitive transition.

 

[TEG]

Thanks... Note updated...

 

[smoothoperator]

I just read a note from a reliable source saying that the very first 2.5 was VIN # 964. Unless Tesla Motors delivered more 2.0 models after that VIN, I think you should be able to mark this as the definitive transition.

I know that during the great demo sale of Summer 2010, Tesla rebranded some 2.0 Sports as 2.5's before that vin. There are actually some Sports in the 800's that were rebranded as 2.5's

 

[TEG]

Those are the ones that get called "2.25s"...

 

[smoothoperator]

Those are the ones that get called "2.25s"...

To my knowledge it was only the 2.0 Sports models that got converted to the "2.25's" Do you know of any non-sport models that got converted to 2.25's?

 

[My Valentine]

Would like to know the first Tesla Roadster serial number Sold in Canada ,if anyone knows