Why is Tesla still offering the "limited edition" Foundation Series? Production was announced to end "soon" in June 2024

[Deleted member 27593]

I'm confused as to why Tesla is still offering Foundation Series trucks. It was my understanding that FS was supposed to be a limited run. That was one of the incentives behind spending a full $20k more -- you get to be one of the lucky first adopters of a version that would have a limited supply.

• Dec 2023: Screenshot of a Tesla inviting an investor to order a "limited edition" FS truck:
• March 2024: Forum members asks about "limited edition" FS order invite: https://www.cybertruckownersclub.co...foundation-series-ct-is-ready-to-order.13052/
• June 2024: Elon says FS production ending "soon": https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/2...-complete-shareholder-meeting-recap-and-notes
• July 2024: Bearded Tesla says FS series coming to an end:
• October 2024: FS now being offered in Canada: https://www.cybertruckownersclub.co...at-168-740-cad-window-sticker-attached.25661/

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[mongo]

I'm confused as to why Tesla is still offering Foundation Series trucks. It was my understanding that FS was supposed to be a limited run. That was one of the incentives behind spending a full $20k more -- you get to be one of the lucky first adopters of a version that would have a limited supply.

• Dec 2023: Screenshot of a Tesla inviting an investor to order a "limited edition" FS truck:
• March 2024: Forum members asks about "limited edition" FS order invite: https://www.cybertruckownersclub.co...foundation-series-ct-is-ready-to-order.13052/
• June 2024: Elon says FS production ending "soon": https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/2...-complete-shareholder-meeting-recap-and-notes
• July 2024: Bearded Tesla says FS series coming to an end:
• October 2024: FS now being offered in Canada: https://www.cybertruckownersclub.co...at-168-740-cad-window-sticker-attached.25661/

Order page says only available for the first year:

 

[Crissa]

They will produce them until they run out of the special parts, or the end of the year.

Which is what they announced last year.

-Crissa

 

[igs]

Bearded Tesla Guy is fake news that's why. Tesla never said it was ending soon.

 

[CTInProcess]

its the most limited truck out there. Not sure what the issue is

 

[Woodrick]

I'm confused as to why Tesla is still offering Foundation Series trucks. It was my understanding that FS was supposed to be a limited run. That was one of the incentives behind spending a full $20k more -- you get to be one of the lucky first adopters of a version that would have a limited supply.

• Dec 2023: Screenshot of a Tesla inviting an investor to order a "limited edition" FS truck:
• March 2024: Forum members asks about "limited edition" FS order invite:
• June 2024: Elon says FS production ending "soon":
• July 2024: Bearded Tesla says FS series coming to an end:
• October 2024: FS now being offered in Canada:

Why not? If someone still wants to buy one.

The bundle of options isn't that bad of a deal.

 

[Stinky10r]

Bearded Tesla Guy is fake news that's why. Tesla never said it was ending soon.

Elon Musk did.

 

[Crissa]

Bearded Tesla Guy is fake news that's why. Tesla never said it was ending soon.

That he may be, but Elon did say it would end 'soon' in the Q2 investor questions.

-Crissa

 

[mongo]

That he may be, but Elon did say it would end 'soon' in the Q2 investor questions.

-Crissa

It was the 2024 annual meeting on June 13.

Elon Musk: Yeah, we’ll start making the… We’ll end the foundation series actually pretty soon and the non-Foundation Series sometime next quarter.
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-2024-annual-shareholder-meeting-transcript/

 

[Woodrick]

Elon Musk did.

In case you haven't realized it, Elon's concept of time is slightly different than most other people.

"This weekend" often translates into "a couple of months"

Elon is often one of the last to know the details. He has people who worry about the details.

 

[Stinky10r]

In case you haven't realized it, Elon's concept of time is slightly different than most other people.

"This weekend" often translates into "a couple of months"

Elon is often one of the last to know the details. He has people who worry about the details.

It's ok to be wrong sometimes. It's ok.

 

[igs]

Elon Musk did.

Yup, he also said you can summon your car from NY to CA soon.

 

[Gaximus]

That he may be, but Elon did say it would end 'soon' in the Q2 investor questions.

-Crissa

We all know Elon is horrible at time estimation, soon for him could be 2 years.

 

[nocyber]

They will produce them until they run out of the special parts, or the end of the year.

Which is what they announced last year.

-Crissa

They’ve actually flip flopped on this a few different times including recently updating two parts of their website which had been changed to limited edition run for FS to “all first year models are FS” and now to basically until they run out of their inventory. It’s kind of funny, but not surprising… it also doesn’t bother me at all but I don’t want to give them credit for changing their tune on this “limited edition” run when it really wasn’t. It’s really just akin to special edition Jeep Wranglers.. nothing actually special.. but at least Jeep is open and honest about it.

 

[Crissa]

We all know Elon is horrible at time estimation, soon for him could be 2 years.

Well, it's a sales estimation. They can't know exactly when they run out - and worse, you wouldn't want to tell your customers; they might dither instead of acting now.

-Crissa

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