'A 6-digit value attached to reservation id ... could be a sequential reservation number worldwide starting from 350k'
'Tesla changed the source code of the ‘My Tesla’ page and the ‘common_reservation_id’ number is not accessible anymore' '$7500 U.S. Fed tax credit drops in half once Tesla sells 200,000 cars of any type' http://www.valuewalk.com/2016/06/model-3-preorders-tesla-spacex-employees/ Over 10,000 Model 3 Preorders Came From Tesla, SpaceX Employees (REPORT) June 9, 2016 Vikas Shukla [image http://www.valuewalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Tesla-Model-3-1024x510.png Tesla Model 3 Image Credit: Tesla Motors ] Tesla has so far received more than 373,000 reservations for its Model 3 electric sedan. That is after canceling the duplicate [ http://www.valuewalk.com/2016/05/tesla-cancel-excess-model-3-reservations/ ] pre-orders. Even as Tesla Motors Inc gears up to start delivering Model 3 to customers in late 2017, there is no way to know where you stand in the reservation queue. The EV maker has said that current Tesla owners, and Tesla and SpaceX employees will be prioritized. [web-page html] Source code offers glimpse into Model 3 reservations Fortunately, folks at Electreck discovered a way to find the sequential reservation number in the source code of “My Tesla” page of Model 3 reservation holders. Though the California-based EV maker has now patched the loophole on the website, Electreck had already collected plenty of data. Before Model 3 was unveiled on March 31, Tesla and SpaceX employees were given priority for reservations a few days in advance. According to Electrek, the number in the source code stood at roughly 350,000 when employees began placing reservations. And the number soared to 363,000 before the first customer in Australia was allowed to place reservations. It means about 13,000 reservations were made by Tesla and SpaceX employees. Of course, the 13K figure also includes a few reservations for Model S and Model X from employees and non-employees. Many Tesla employees already own a Model S or Model X So, it’s safe to say that more than 10,000 Model 3 reservations were placed by SpaceX and Tesla employees. That’s an impressive number considering the two companies have less than 20,000 employees combined. And many of them already own a Model S or Model X. Prioritizing employees will allow the Elon Musk-led company to get a quick feedback and sort out any technical glitches. Elon Musk said earlier this month at the Code Conference that the EV maker will hold another mega event towards the end of this year to show off the production version of Model 3. The company aims to scale up its production capacity from about 50,000 cars in 2015 to 500,000 units in 2018 to meet the massive demand for Model 3. [© 2016 ValueWalk] http://electrek.co/2016/06/07/tesla-model-3-reservation-queue-number/ Tesla Model 3: there’s a way to see where you are in the queue, check it before Tesla finds out JUNE 7 2016 Fred Lambert [images https://electrek.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/d0iav10-e1461755819493.jpg?w=1024&h=0#038;h=500 (Model 3) https://electrek.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/frederics-tesla.png?w=1125&h=491 frederic's tesla https://electrek.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/frederics-tesla-res-id5.png?w=1125&h=395 frederic's tesla res id ] Tesla confirmed having received over 400,000 Model 3 reservations since its unveiling in March 2016, but after adjusting for a few cancellations and a bunch of pre-orders removed under suspicions that they were duplicates, the automaker updated the number last month to 373,000 Model 3 reservations. The interest is higher than Tesla or almost anyone else expected, which is why the company updated its production ramp up plans to 500,000 vehicles in 2018 (Model S, X and 3 combined) instead of in 2020, but even then, CEO Elon Musk said that someone would need to place a reservation soon in order to get a Model 3 by the end of 2018 – implying that it is virtually sold out from its expected launch in Q4 2017 to the end of 2018. Also, in the US, people hoping to reap the full benefit of the $7500 Federal tax credit will want to get theirs early because the credit drops in half once Tesla sells 200,000 cars of any type. It makes your place in the Model 3 reservation queue especially important. So far Tesla has been only issuing non-sequential reservation numbers which don’t mean anything as to where you are in line and the company said that the Model 3 will ship (or more precisely will be available for configuration) based on when you pre-ordered it, but now we might have a way for you to have a better idea of where you stand in the queue. To be fair, Tesla’s reservation process for the Model 3 is quite complex. Even though there’s no Signature version (limited edition), like there was for the S and X, current Tesla owners are said to have priority in the queue, as well as Tesla employees (which is a first at the company) and even SpaceX employees. Those factors, combined with Tesla’s plan to deliver vehicles in batches based on regions starting with the west coast then expanding east, make the process difficult to predict and if Tesla says to base your expectations on when you placed your reservation – that’s probably your best bet. With this said, if are among the 373,000+ people who placed a reservation and you want to get another perspective on where you might stand in the queue, you might want to check this out. frederic's tesla This is a screenshot from ‘My Tesla’ page. It’s where you find your non-sequential reservation number. In my case, RN1078XXXXX. I’m redacting a few numbers, I don’t know what someone could do with this, but I’m not taking any risk – so other numbers will be redacted in this post, but you will still get the point. From this page, you can access the source code by pressing Ctrl+U or right clicking and then ‘view page source’. In the source, you want to look for the ‘reservation id’. You can launch a search (Ctrl+F) and type ‘common_reservation_id’: frederic's tesla res id You will find a 6-digit value attached to reservation id. Based on early data, it looks like this number could be a sequential reservation number worldwide starting from the value of 300,000 or maybe 350,000? For example, I reserved minutes before the Model 3 unveil event started on March 31st and my number is ‘412,XXX’ and by the time the presentation was over, there were ~130,000 reservations. An even better example, my publisher Seth reserved two Model 3 in-store during the 31st. It was hours before my reservation and he got two in the 380,XXX with only a value of 15 between them. A thread on TMC (hat tip to smythey who found the hint) is comparing everyone’s ‘common_reservation_id’ numbers to see if we can find more correlations. Find out what yours by following the instruction above and post in the comment section below with your date and time of reservation to see if we can confirm it. Though I would hurry because Tesla could decide to hide the id from the source code. Update: Someone created a public Google Doc for Model 3 reservation holders to enter their ‘common_reservation_id’. There are now over 350 entries and it looks like the sequential reservation number theory makes sense with a starting point at around 350,000. Update #2: It looks like Tesla changed the source code of the ‘My Tesla’ page and the ‘common_reservation_id’ number is not accessible anymore. [comments danzorr ... Well, I think I just figured out that the number can't be your actual spot in line. It may be the order you reserved in, but not your spot for manufacturing/delivery. My brother and I put two reservations in, one under my name (current Tesla owner), and one under his name (non-Tesla Owner). Our numbers are one digit apart, 371XXX and 371XXX +1. Since Tesla owner's have priority over non-Tesla owners, my number should be way ahead of his, not one digit apart ... ] ... 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