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Canceled FE, going Mach-E. Good luck to all!
You’re likely quite right for the first couple of batches. I’m thinking the meter presages the future experience where ordering, building and delivery will be a much more fluid affair.I suspect that the semi-circular "meter" on the owners' portal page is pure marketing blather. Yes, it shows when your order is locked (i.e., $400 paid) but I don't expect the meter to move again until the car is at the dealer. And maybe not even then.
I hope you're right. If it were an accurate depiction of the status of your order, it would be a really nice feature. But, for several years, the VW website has left me cold. 98% style, 2% content.You’re likely quite right for the first couple of batches. I’m thinking the meter presages the future experience where ordering, building and delivery will be a much more fluid affair.
I think the meter will move in a meaningful way. I was probably one of the first 100 1st reservations, before the morning VW reservation system crash. We were told many times that first 1st deliveries might be as early as December, 2020 for ZEV states, but then it is said VW moved those reservation slots to Europe for legal reasons to minimize VW legal fines/fees/costs (COVID would have been more understandable and forgivable).Based on comments on this forum, it sounds like everyone who reserved an FE have moved to the next step ($400 deposit) but no one else has. This makes sense, since the FE will get here first. The unanswered question is whether it will be 2 months or 2 minutes ahead of the Pro.
I suspect that the semi-circular "meter" on the owners' portal page is pure marketing blather. Yes, it shows when your order is locked (i.e., $400 paid) but I don't expect the meter to move again until the car is at the dealer. And maybe not even then.
My gut feeling is you're quite right with this. I'd put the number at 3500 as a wild guess. Or maybe close to the 4800 an LNG vessel holds...My guess (WAG) is that now that some of us cancellations have come back after considering other models (Ford, Mach-E for me), we will receive our vehicles within weeks of the early reservations. There were only 2,000 to 2,700 original US 1st (varied over reports), so with cancellations and the new reservations, my guess (more WAG) is the total is under 5,000, possibly well under 5,000 1st for the US