Update on Mach-E launch progress from engineering friends in Mexico

[agoldman]

congrats, but geeze I hope that time improves.

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[theblueone]

congrats, but geeze I hope that time improves.

Right? It's roughly going from Mexico City to San Francisco. Especially given the number of orders coming to this area, there's no reason that trip should take 5 weeks.

 

[DaveRuns]

@DaveRuns

As promised, you all are the first (besides my fiance) to know! I received the email at 1:43 am this morning, with an estimated delivery of Feb 1, give or take a couple days.

As I mentioned before the original build date was scheduled for 11/20, so that's roughly 70 days from stated build to driveway, or 55 days from completion to driveway.

That said, they've baked in 35 days for transit but it would only take 19 hours to drive from the plant to my house.

What an awesome Christmas present. Congrats buddy! I’m really happy for you. Hopefully you get it sooner than February.

 

[ajmartineau]

That is about 100 miles a day.

 

[DaveRuns]

You guys have probably already tried this, but I used my camera to check out the QR code on the Window Sticker. Nothing Earth-Shattering, but it does go into a little more detail on the EPA Fuel Economy. (the photo doesn't really look like a MME though)

 

[JDRGolfer1]

That is about 100 miles a day.

Truly sad if it really takes that long. I will be thoroughly disappointed. Might as well just have leased another vehicle with this timing. My wife and I have been using one vehicle for the past 2 months waiting for this and now it's going to be at least another month. Absolutely unreal.

 

[DaveRuns]

Truly sad if it really takes that long. I will be thoroughly disappointed. Might as well just have leased another vehicle with this timing. My wife and I have been using one vehicle for the past 2 months waiting for this and now it's going to be at least another month. Absolutely unreal.

Chalk it up to 2020 and COVID....grrr

 

[VegStang]

Tried it a few times, said it couldn't find info on the vehicle, yet.

You guys have probably already tried this, but I used my camera to check out the QR code on the Window Sticker. Nothing Earth-Shattering, but it does go into a little more detail on the EPA Fuel Economy. (the photo doesn't really look like a MME though)

 

[timbop]

Tried it a few times, said it couldn't find info on the vehicle, yet.

Same here; I have a CR1 ordered.

 

[JellyBelly]

Right? It's roughly going from Mexico City to San Francisco. Especially given the number of orders coming to this area, there's no reason that trip should take 5 weeks.

Dont know how long it takes for the trains to make it to KC but once loaded on a car carrier in KC, it is about 24 hours to SoCal where I am...assuming they cover that in 3 calendar days and then drop off a few at each dealer (assuming several dealers vehicles on a carrier) - that means a day or two just dropping off between say 5 dealers - this process seems to be at a minimum 5 to 6 days from KC to Socal dealers. Thats optimistic perhaps because this does not take into account if cars get distributed further at some way point after KC loading.

 

[First Edition]

I honestly can’t believe you are arguing about the fact that they are making sure everything is correct before it hits the dealers lots. That is the craziest thing I ever heard. Who cares what the defects were and why they are stockpiled. The fact they were found and being corrected prior to shipping is amazing. That is showing how much Farley’s influence on quality control is already impacting what the final product the customers get.

There's no argument there. An even better approach would to catch the problems earlier, stop the assembly line (Toyota style) and minimize the number of vehicles that need to be taken apart for rework. The other approach would be to say F-it and ship it (Tesla style). Rework and traveled work can be very expensive to a company and should obviously be minimized.

Stockpiling and shipping product to Flat Rock for repairs before customers received them is exactly what they did with the 2020 Explorer.

2020 Explorers Shipped to Flat Rock For Repairs

 

[All Hat No Cattle]

I can't speak for the Mach-E, but people are definitely taking delivery of the new F-150's.

The forums I follow have pictures, window stickers, and payload stickers posted.

So far Platinums, King Ranches, Lariats and XLT's have been posted.

Most are in the Detroit area, except for one guy that flew up from Nashville to Detroit to pick up his Platinum Hybrid.

So maybe your Mach-E won't be under your tree, but it is on its way.

Details matter, it's worth waiting to get it right.

All good things arrive unto them that wait - and don't die in the meantime.

 

[dbsb3233]

Right? It's roughly going from Mexico City to San Francisco. Especially given the number of orders coming to this area, there's no reason that trip should take 5 weeks.

I'd guess that's more on the outside end of the estimate.

5 weeks isn't the transit time, of course. Most of that would be backlog time. Meaning, sitting in lots waiting for it's turn in a backed-up/COVID-dimished transport network that's really getting squeezed right now.

What it really ends up being is surely highly variable right now, since no one can really know how the next month or two will play out.

 

[dbsb3233]

Dont know how long it takes for the trains to make it to KC but once loaded on a car carrier in KC, it is about 24 hours to SoCal where I am...assuming they cover that in 3 calendar days and then drop off a few at each dealer (assuming several dealers vehicles on a carrier) - that means a day or two just dropping off between say 5 dealers - this process seems to be at a minimum 5 to 6 days from KC to Socal dealers. Thats optimistic perhaps because this does not take into account if cars get distributed further at some way point after KC loading.

And I would expect a few to arrive that soon. The problem is there's thousands of MMEs to ship, and each truck transport only holds like 8-12 vehicles. And there's limited supply of transports and especially drivers right now. Once it's on it's way, it should arrive in days. But awaiting it's turn for limited/backlogged transport is the problem.

 

[JellyBelly]

I'd guess that's more on the outside end of the estimate.

5 weeks isn't the transit time, of course. Most of that would be backlog time. Meaning, sitting in lots waiting for it's turn in a backed-up/COVID-dimished transport network that's really getting squeezed right now.

What it really ends up being is surely highly variable right now, since no one can really know how the next month or two will play out.

You are probably right that most of the time is just waiting for a slot on a truck than driving time

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