I’d not hold my breath on this…
seems odd they are talking about nearly 6 weeks for a Chinese factory to produce the first shipment… (these are not being hand made )
so I do wonder if the first shipment might be larger than we might expect, this also would explain shipping by freight.
they’ll also have production samples shipped by air to Expressive-E for QC to mitigate the risk to production line issues.
this would also explain why how they can ramp up production, whilst that first shipment is on a boat!
so they are not waiting for first shipment to arrive before the ramp up.
well, thats the hopeful scenario…
since if they wait for the first shipment before they really ramp up production, then indeed the majority (?) won’t see anything till September (assuming no issues)
the sceptic in me, has two concerns…
- its another 4 month forecast… anyone remember that in Sept (SB2021) we were give a very similar forecast!
- its rather convenient, that when ExpressiveE are at SB2022 in May, they won’t have to answer any questions … no units will have been scheduled to be delivered… they are all ‘on the boat’
don’t get me wrong, its been a tough time for Expressive-E, the delay is no doubt costing them money too… so everyone wants prompt delivery… but their forecasts have tended to be rather optimistic.
as for delivery… who knows…
I ordered about 3 hours after announcement, some believe thousands were ordered immediately… going by order numbers (which I think cannot be trusted), I am about 3000th in line !
that seems unlikely given the size of the community… and that the 199 euros, still has to be followed by another 900 euros !
and of course, we have no idea on shipment sizes… containers can be very large
anyway, guess we have to sit back and watch the show…
next steps will no doubt be pictures on instagram of the first Osmose coming off the production line.
then SB2022, then more pictures as the Osmose arrive in France, and being shipped off.