The issue people don't bring up is that Tesla's failure to execute has provided sufficient time for other manufactures to enter the game or have promises close

The issue people don't bring up is that Tesla's failure to execute has provided sufficient time for other manufactures to enter the game or have promises close enough to keep brand loyalist away from Tesla. However I don't think the refunds are much of an issue, we must remember they took full price deposits on the new sports car for first release versions (250k) and took 50k deposits on all following versions. There are also all the 5k/10k deposits on the semi. anecdotal insert : I have two friends with pending Jaguar i-Pace orders that hope to take delivery before October, one is ditching his X (which his wife calls it their "ex" as in they want it done) and the other just wants a Jag.