Quick U.S. Update

[DF_Toronto]

For those on this forum who argued with me about Lotus being out of their minds to limit the FE to those who already placed deposits as early as July and not honour the pricing that deposits were made on and communicated with those customers. I’m just going to leave this right here:

Rivian raises EV prices by 20%, inviting customer ire, taunt from Musk

U.S. electric vehicle startup Rivian Automotive Inc said on Tuesday it has increased selling prices of its vehicles by about 20% due to inflationary pressures and higher component costs, angering some customers.

www.reuters.com

2 days later and their stock is down 25%. Earlier today they decided to roll it back, their share price has not recovered.

EV Startup Rivian Walks Back Price Increase, Apologizes to Customers

Rivian’s chief executive said the company is trying to cope with rising costs of parts and materials, but it erred by applying price increases to existing orders.

www.wsj.com

 

[TXEMIRA]

For those on this forum who argued with me about Lotus being out of their minds to limit the FE to those who already placed deposits as early as July and not honour the pricing that deposits were made on and communicated with those customers. I’m just going to leave this right here:

Rivian raises EV prices by 20%, inviting customer ire, taunt from Musk

U.S. electric vehicle startup Rivian Automotive Inc said on Tuesday it has increased selling prices of its vehicles by about 20% due to inflationary pressures and higher component costs, angering some customers.

www.reuters.com

2 days later and their stock is down 25%. Earlier today they decided to roll it back, their share price has not recovered.

EV Startup Rivian Walks Back Price Increase, Apologizes to Customers

Rivian’s chief executive said the company is trying to cope with rising costs of parts and materials, but it erred by applying price increases to existing orders.

www.wsj.com

Take the stock market impacts or share impacts out of this story for a moment. It’s just sh!tty and bad for the customer.

Rivian is similar:
No sales. Just like Emira only even worse - the company has zero sales.

Take a customer, who is taking a shot on you and helping you determine capacity, and slowly show them your middle finger… Gross. Ugly. Bad.

Lotus has to be more intelligent.
I don’t pray but I may.

#ForCommonSense

 

[TXEMIRA]

Anyone else get a note for immediate final spec and deposit?

Hahahahahaha oh wait. No.

Seriously though please post that.

 

[TXEMIRA]

My dealer originally thought my order was going to be due April... but Lotus notified that they want it earlier. Sent my 10k wire today! I'm officially committed as it's non refundable now... 15k that is!

So many questions.
How did the final order get submitted exactly?
Exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[darkling]

i can see that for a fe with oct - dec delivery . 4 days into march and no damn packages prices

 

[Eagle7]

My dealer originally thought my order was going to be due April... but Lotus notified that they want it earlier. Sent my 10k wire today! I'm officially committed as it's non refundable now... 15k that is!

Who's your dealer, Park Place? I got the same, only not about sending all the orders in a batch.

 

[Eagle7]

Yeah... My SA was guessing... So not sure how accurate it was.

I'm curious if this earlier order request is their initial way of weeding out people on the fence? Maybe not.

What did Park Place tell you?

From Facebook, sounds like other USA dealers got the same communication though for initial earlier order requests.

My guy just emailed the wiring info, and said to wire the $10k and send my configuration code from the configurator, which I did. He acknowledged that he received it, and said he'd contact me to confirm.

 

[Eagle7]

Who are you working with?

Alan Grana, you?

 

[Clam]

Lol at least we are in this together brother. I've been going crazy trying to figure out what to do. I keep researching other cars but my heart wants to stick with the emira because I've been in this since last July. I was told at the time I was 66th on the list. So I figure I might not get a 1st edition but seeing what other dealers have been allocated and knowing naples is supposedly the largest makes me hopeful. Either way I just want to know and what pisses me off is knowing they have the allocation numbers. What is the benefit of withholding that from the public?

I asked about the largest allocation in the USA and my dealer told me that Naples, Florida received 70 FE slots. Hope this helps some folks.

 

[VINSANITY]

Adding on here to what many have said, finally submitted my deposit this week. Estimated production of 2500 next year, the dealer I contacted (Naples) has over 200 deposits and estimates H2 2023 delivery for me.