Tesla has delayed deliveries of certain Model S and Model X vehicles until March 2023.
A look at the automaker’s online configurator reveals that those in the market for the entry-level Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive variant of the Model S with the base 19-inch wheels will need to wait until 2023 to take delivery. Interestingly, Tesla’s configurator pre-loads the Model S with the $4,500 21-inch Arachnid wheels and if customers opt for these wheels, the delivery window is moved forward to November 2022.
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Electrek notes that shoppers can also push the delivery of their Model S forward to November 2022 by adding other options as Tesla is prioritizing the delivery of higher-spec models. In fact, if you want the flagship Model S Plaid, it can be delivered in December 2021.
It is the same story with the Tesla Model X Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive as deliveries of it have also been pushed back to March 2023. The flagship Model X Plaid is also some way off reaching the hands of customers with deliveries not scheduled to begin until August 2022.
While the Model S and Model X were once the only two vehicles being produced by Tesla, they now play a far less important role in the brand’s range with the Model 3 and Model Y now available. In fact, of the 237,823 vehicles that Tesla produced in the third quarter of the year, 228,882 of them were Model 3 and Model Ys, while the remaining 8,941 were for the Model S and Model X.
