E-tron order status change
12-04-2018, 10:42 AM
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E-tron order status change
My e-tron Edition One status has changed from "Reservation Confirmed" to "Review your configuration". The configuration will then lock on December 30th. If all goes well, the dealer delivery is said to be 5 to 7 months from that date.
12-05-2018, 06:01 AM
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My status changed to "review your configuration" with a lock date of December 30 also, which is a pleasant surprise as mine is not an Edition One version.
12-05-2018, 06:11 AM
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I had contacted Audi earlier just to check on my reservation. Just as an FYI and as you might expect, they are keeping close track of when the orders arrived so they can set the delivery accordingly. My reservation was received at 8:07am on September 15th. I assume that they also have the accompanying seconds as well. Also, it is my understanding that some Audi dealerships will have a traveling etron for people to see this month.
12-15-2018, 05:39 AM
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I also got the December 30th configuration lock date. I was more surprised when, last night, I got a call from my salesman saying that my e-tron is now scheduled to be built on January 27!
No indication, however, of when it will actually be received by the dealer. I did point out to my salesman that January 27, 2019 is a Sunday. He didn't seem concerned about that. Maybe it means the vehicle will be built during the week starting January 27.
In any case, this may mean that U.S deliveries may start earlier than I expected. I had been expecting to receive my e-tron in either May or June 2019.
No indication, however, of when it will actually be received by the dealer. I did point out to my salesman that January 27, 2019 is a Sunday. He didn't seem concerned about that. Maybe it means the vehicle will be built during the week starting January 27.
In any case, this may mean that U.S deliveries may start earlier than I expected. I had been expecting to receive my e-tron in either May or June 2019.
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12-15-2018, 02:19 PM
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12-15-2018, 02:26 PM
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According to an Audi spokesperson, the company needs to obtain new “regulatory clearance,” after some of the vehicle’s software was “modified during the development process,” and as a result, vehicle will take a bit longer to reach showrooms. Reuters cites a report from German paper Bild am Sonntag, which say that the vehicle could be delayed by several months. The paper also noted that Audi was working to negotiate with South Korean battery supplier LG Chem, which wants to boost prices because of high demand.
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Who knows? All of the reports I've seen on these supposed "software modifications" have been quite vague. We don't know what they entail. It should be noted that the U.S. and Europe have quite different safety and emissions regulatory schemes. Europe has "type approval," where the vehicle must be approved by regulators before offered for sale. The U.S. is quite different; the U.S. has "self certification," where the manufacturer says it meets applicable standards and the regulatory authorities may ask for data backing that up or they may do their own tests if they believe a manufacturer may have been less than completely truthful in its self certification. In any case, there's little "regulatory clearance" before a manufacturer can offer a vehicle for sale in the United States.
If U.S.-spec vehicles really are being scheduled for production in January 2019, I'd be pretty surprised if Audi plans to hold them in a parking lot for 6 months before delivering them to the United States. I doubt I'll be accepting a vehicle that's been just sitting in a parking lot that long. Maybe U.S. customers will get their vehicles before European customers? Or maybe the production date provided to my Audi dealer is completely wrong.
12-15-2018, 02:39 PM
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Who knows? All of the reports I've seen on these supposed "software modifications" have been quite vague. We don't know what they entail. It should be noted that the U.S. and Europe have quite different safety and emissions regulatory schemes. Europe has "type approval," where the vehicle must be approved by regulators before offered for sale. The U.S. is quite different; the U.S. has "self certification," where the manufacturer says it meets applicable standards and the regulatory authorities may ask for data backing that up or they may do their own tests if they believe a manufacturer may have been less than completely truthful in its self certification. In any case, there's little "regulatory clearance" before a manufacturer can offer a vehicle for sale in the United States.
If U.S.-spec vehicles really are being scheduled for production in January 2019, I'd be pretty surprised if Audi plans to hold them in a parking lot for 6 months before delivering them to the United States. I doubt I'll be accepting a vehicle that's been just sitting in a parking lot that long. Maybe U.S. customers will get their vehicles before European customers? Or maybe the production date provided to my Audi dealer is completely wrong.
If U.S.-spec vehicles really are being scheduled for production in January 2019, I'd be pretty surprised if Audi plans to hold them in a parking lot for 6 months before delivering them to the United States. I doubt I'll be accepting a vehicle that's been just sitting in a parking lot that long. Maybe U.S. customers will get their vehicles before European customers? Or maybe the production date provided to my Audi dealer is completely wrong.
12-16-2018, 05:13 AM
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According to an Audi spokesperson, the company needs to obtain new “regulatory clearance,” after some of the vehicle’s software was “modified during the development process,” and as a result, vehicle will take a bit longer to reach showrooms. Reuters cites a report from German paper Bild am Sonntag, which say that the vehicle could be delayed by several months. The paper also noted that Audi was working to negotiate with South Korean battery supplier LG Chem, which wants to boost prices because of high demand.
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Is this an institutional problem
