Re:$35,000 Tesla Model 3 Available Now
by alasdair_ on Thursday February 28, 2019 @07:31PM
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>They're closing their stores...
Does this include their dealerships? There are plenty of dealerships that offer test drives.
EDIT: I assumed that the "stores" were the places in malls etc. that don't have (say) a whole bunch of machinery for the service center etc.
Tesla doesn't have "dealerships" (which are not owned by the manufacturer), only "stores." The places you're thinking of are the places they're closing. Apparently they will keep some of them open, but they will be considered "galleries" rather than actually selling anything.
Re:$35,000 Tesla Model 3 Available Now
by BoorishBears on Thursday February 28, 2019 @07:40PM
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Tesla only has stores. Even in the states that even let them have that much.
Their “dealerships” don’t sell you a car, you just get handed off to the website
When I requested a test drive in a state with no dealerships I was directed to a store out of state.
These stores will no longer exist.
The messaging is also very clear, sometimes it’s ok to read between the lines...
We’re closing stores where you test drive + we’re pushing returns hard in the marketing = we want to move past test drives
This is a new annocument, other parts of the site don’t even have the right mileage and days for returns last I checked, give them some time before the site is consistent with the new reality