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Something slightly unfamiliar has happened to Tesla in the last couple of weeks: it has run out of cars. Not permanently, and not everywhere, but enough that delivery dates on the configurator have started sliding into next year – and if you were quietly planning to buy a Model Y for the 2027 camping season, that changes your calendar.<\/p>\n

What is actually sold out<\/h2>\n

In the United States<\/strong>, the 2026-deliverable allocation of the Model Y L is gone. New orders are being quoted for January to February 2027<\/strong>, which works out at a three to four month wait. The rear-wheel-drive Model 3 has sold out too, and the Model Y rear-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive versions are described as close behind.<\/p>\n

In China<\/strong>, the Model Y Long Range rear- and all-wheel-drive delivery estimate has stretched from three to five weeks to five to seven weeks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In Europe<\/strong> the picture is demand rather than empty warehouses, and it is striking. The Model Y is currently the best-selling car of any<\/em> type across Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden<\/strong> – all five Nordic markets at once – and it topped the German all-powertrain chart in September with 8,038 registrations, ahead of the VW Golf and the Tiguan. Giga Berlin has only just moved up to a rate of 7,500 cars a week. For some German configurations, the official configurator is already showing January to February 2027<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Tesla’s third-quarter results are due on 21 October, a day after this is published, so some of this may get a number attached to it very soon.<\/p>\n

Three honest caveats<\/h2>\n

Most of the sold-out reporting is not from Tesla.<\/strong> It comes from X accounts and dealer and broker blogs watching the inventory pages, not from an official statement. Treat the specific dates as directional rather than contractual.<\/p>\n

Inventory moves daily.<\/strong> Cancelled orders, cars redirected from other markets and end-of-quarter pushes all change the page. “Sold out” in October can be “available in three weeks” in November.<\/p>\n

Some of the spike is hype, not households.<\/strong> The Roadster was finally revealed on 15 October after nine years, the Cybercab is drawing crowds at the Paris motor show, and assisted driving is back in the news in Europe. Attention sells cars in the short term and then fades.<\/p>\n

What this means if you are planning trips, not trades<\/h2>\n

Assume for a moment that the wait is real. The practical consequences for a camper are boring but concrete:<\/p>\n