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

[GoGoGadgetMachE]

It's not the chip shortage is it?
https://fordauthority.com/2020/12/f...n-threatened-by-potential-microchip-shortage/

"Ford should start making its own microchips"
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[RyZt]

I had an 11/23 build week, but the Ford website does not yet show my MME as having been built. I do not have a VIN from my dealer to know if it actually was built and is now waiting for shipment like the other MMEs.

You can get your VIN without talking to a human: https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/ford-mach-e-reservation-details-viewer.2348/

 

[JamieGeek]

If you're going to comment then I want to see some good memes being excited. If we going to celebrate might as well do it big.

Sooo tempted to use a Swear Trek gif with an actual swear word in it for this news

 

[hybrid2bev]

Thank you. This is a great progress update.

To you, @hybrid2bev or any other in the know members, has anyone figured out what "SPECIAL ORDER" in the window sticker mean? I just noticed it on mine and my production date also says 12/16/20. My build week was 12/5/20 (originally 12/7/20).

No idea. If I have to guess it’s because all customer Mach-Es are built to order.

 

[RonTCat]

I'm just trying to understand the logic of keeping 4000 vehicles in Mexico as opposed to say, moving 2500 of these into secure parking in the Central US. The biggest bottleneck/logistics cost is getting them out of Mexico. The quality gating mechanism can be performed in the US.

Now if the initial 4000-5000 batch was entirely allocated to the Southwest/West Coast, I could see why moving them all at once would make sense.

But we know based on FE self reported orders on this forum/published ETAs that the orders are promising delivery all over the US, so the initial batch can't be soaked up entirely by the sun belt.

What am I missing here?

I'll throw one out: you struggle to even move people between states without a 14 day quarantine. The assembly plant is the closest you can come to a controlled, COVID-safe environment.

 

[GoGoGadgetMachE]

Sooo tempted to use a Swear Trek gif with an actual swear word in it for this news

Captain Picard has some words for you...

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and now we go to Naomi Wildman for the rebuttal

 

[ARK]

You can get your VIN without talking to a human: https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/ford-mach-e-reservation-details-viewer.2348/

Thanks a lot, this worked!

 

[The Electric Duo]

Time to celebrate!

 

[agoldman]

Here's a proper celebration:

 

[ARK]

You can get your VIN without talking to a human: https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/ford-mach-e-reservation-details-viewer.2348/

Thanks again for linking this. Does anyone know where on the sticker you can see the production date? At the end of the "SPECIAL ORDER" box I am seeing "11 19 20", wondering if that might be it.

If so, my MME was built early and I am glad I did not know it was built because I would have been going crazy waiting for shipments to start.

 

[jparduhn70]

OKTB is good to go and the shipping has started. Now, where is the damn fan fair?

@trutolife27, you're the man! Thanks for all the intel! Happy Holidays!

 

[trutolife27]

Ford went out on a limb and hired a pro to help with delivery. He really will get things moving fast.

 

[timbop]

Thanks again for linking this. Does anyone know where on the sticker you can see the production date? At the end of the "SPECIAL ORDER" box I am seeing "11 19 20", wondering if that might be it.

If so, my MME was built early and I am glad I did not know it was built because I would have been going crazy waiting for shipments to start.

To see the status, copy your vin to the clipboard and click the "tracking" tab at the top of the forum page between "what's new" and "showcase". Paste the vin and then look at the "status" as well as "build" date result fields

 

[timbop]

Ford went out on a limb and hired a pro to help with delivery. He really will get things moving fast.

Was it this guy?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Star_Wars_-_Darth_Vader.jpg

 

[agoldman]

Was it this guy?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Star_Wars_-_Darth_Vader.jpg

No, Santa of course!

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