2021 Tesla Model S 5YJSA1E5-M — group 8
142 vehicles sit in group 8 of this build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What 5YJSA1E5-M means
- 5YJ
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Tesla registered — assembled in the United States
- SA1E5
- together encode the Model S line — Hatchback, Electric, All-wheel drive — as Tesla filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- M
- in position 10 — model year 2021
- 9, 11–17
- differ on every car: check digit, plant code and the serial number
Groups
Too many vehicles to list on one page, so they are split by the next character of a fixed code derived from the VIN. Each group keeps its cars for good.