Hi guys, my partner and I are looking to get an electric vehicle. The Ocean looks awesome! But reading this forum, I get the sense that it would be pointless to put money down on a deposit. It looks like the soonest the car would be built would be 2024.
My reasoning is this: From reading this forum, there are about 50,000 reservations. Only the first 40,000 are going to be able to order a car at 2022-2023 prices.
Once the 40,000 reservations are filled (let's say 33,000 cars because not every reservation will convert to an order) there will be a price increase in 2023 and 2024. So if you are reservation number 40,001 to present, the best you can hope for is a car at a much higher price.
Also, it looks like Fisker is aiming for 200,000 cars to be built per year. So if you're order number 49,999, production of the car will be more than adequate to get you a car probably without that long of a wait. By 2024, the Hyundai, Genesis, Kia, Tesla, VW, BMW, Cadillac, Chevy, Volvo, GM, Audi, BYD, Polestar, Ford, Honda, Rivian, all except maybe Toyota will be producing tons of EV.
So while it's great to be reservation number 39,999, it makes no difference to be 40,001 and just order one in 2024.
Unfortunately this is forcing us to look at Tesla because we can lock in an order right now and know the price, even if the price goes up in the future.
My reasoning is this: From reading this forum, there are about 50,000 reservations. Only the first 40,000 are going to be able to order a car at 2022-2023 prices.
Once the 40,000 reservations are filled (let's say 33,000 cars because not every reservation will convert to an order) there will be a price increase in 2023 and 2024. So if you are reservation number 40,001 to present, the best you can hope for is a car at a much higher price.
Also, it looks like Fisker is aiming for 200,000 cars to be built per year. So if you're order number 49,999, production of the car will be more than adequate to get you a car probably without that long of a wait. By 2024, the Hyundai, Genesis, Kia, Tesla, VW, BMW, Cadillac, Chevy, Volvo, GM, Audi, BYD, Polestar, Ford, Honda, Rivian, all except maybe Toyota will be producing tons of EV.
So while it's great to be reservation number 39,999, it makes no difference to be 40,001 and just order one in 2024.
Unfortunately this is forcing us to look at Tesla because we can lock in an order right now and know the price, even if the price goes up in the future.