Tesla EVs Delayed Weeks Due To Missing Charging Port Part
Tesla customers are seeing delays in receiving their electric vehicles due to a missing part. The EV company has already been seeing delays due to production issues. Earlier this month, Elon Musk gave a video presentation at the Financial Times Future of the Car summit. He said that demands for Tesla cars were so high he may have to limit or pause orders. Wait times for orders were already bad before the supply chain issues kicked in, and then demand grew and made things worse.
Tesla is also expecting these delays to continue through 2022. According to its earnings report, the company had a good first quarter despite supply chain issues. However, its factories haven't been running at full capacity for a while now, so it isn't expecting production to increase significantly. Tesla built 305,407 EVs in quarter one of 2022, but it produced 433 more in the fourth quarter of 2021. While this isn't a significant difference, it does show that it is having issues increasing production. While the chip and GPU shortage seems to be in recovery, supply chain issues are still plaguing the industry.
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The latest delay for Tesla seems to be related to the missing charging port electric control unit (ECU). Several customers have complained on the Tesla Motors Club forum about their vehicles being ready except for the missing part. Forum member waitingforpart has been waiting over a month for their EV. According to their post, their Model 3 Plaid was manufactured on April 19, with VIN assigned on April 28. They also noted that while their vehicle waits for the missing part, it's sitting outside, exposed to the elements instead of being covered. The customer is
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