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

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Today is "Three Kings day". So the plant should come out of shutdown tomorrow and start the line back up. With the shutdown from the 24th to Three Kings day, 6 Jan. So should start seeing more "Produced" status starting tomorrow?
Long ago in my early guesstimates I speculated that because Three Kings Day is an important part of the Christmas holidays in latino cultures that the plant would close for two weeks. That was long since dispelled by factory insiders who knew the plant was only scheduled for a little over a week of closure.

Trivia for those who don't know: today is the last day of the Christmas season in the liturgical (church) calendar for many Christian faiths. Three Kings Day or Epiphany is the 12th day of Christmas.

We had multiple cars built for members of this Forum that made progress (Produced, Body Shop) on Monday and Tuesday of this week. So either the plant was open or the elves were busy while the cobblers, er. car makers, were away ;)
 

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The Ford site still shows my build week as 1/10. But I'm starting to have my doubts since my window sticker isn't available yet.
 

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The Ford site still shows my build week as 1/10. But I'm starting to have my doubts since my window sticker isn't available yet.
My window sticker wasn't available till the Thursday-Friday before my build week, so I wouldn't loose faith just yet.
 


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My window sticker wasn't available till the Thursday-Friday before my build week, so I wouldn't loose faith just yet.
Interesting, thanks. Most people are reporting their window sticker appearing a couple of weeks before their build date. I wonder what actually triggers it.
 

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Interesting, thanks. Most people are reporting their window sticker appearing a couple of weeks before their build date. I wonder what actually triggers it.
Window stickers have generally become available the day the secondary status shifts to "Sent to Plant". That's when it enters the actual production queue at the plant.
 

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Window stickers have generally become available the day the secondary status shifts to "Sent to Plant". That's when it enters the actual production queue at the plant.
That makes sense. So maybe the lead time is affected by how quickly the plant is currently moving.
 

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That makes sense. So maybe the lead time is affected by how quickly the plant is currently moving.
And the length of the backlog.
 

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And the length of the backlog.
Apologies, it was somebody on here that gave the shutdown from the 24th to Three Kings Day so perhaps they weren't correct?
 

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Window stickers have generally become available the day the secondary status shifts to "Sent to Plant". That's when it enters the actual production queue at the plant.
How do we know that?
 

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How do we know that?
Because people who have access to Vehicle Visibility have seen their secondary status change to "sent to plant", checked the window sticker link and suddenly could access their stickers.
 

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Because people who have access to Vehicle Visibility have seen their secondary status change to "sent to plant", checked the window sticker link and suddenly could access their stickers.
Sorry, I worded my question poorly. I meant, how can I know when that has changed?
 

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Sorry, I worded my question poorly. I meant, how can I know when that has changed?
Only folks with access to Vehicle Visibility can see the secondary status.
https://www.macheforum.com/site/thr...y-about-shipping-waiting-room.2457/post-81837

However, we have learned a few things to extend our "vision". While the tracker only shows primary status, the sticker becomes available when the order is sent to plant. The next change to primary status will be when the car is completed and a production date appears. Delivery ETAs then appear but take them with a grain of salt. Then the status shifts to "Shipped" and the ETAs change to actual promised dates.

There is more to know later in the process but we haven't tracked any cars to delivery yet.
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