Still some confusion in the market about Tesla closing some retail stores. Is it 10% of stores? 20%? All of them? None? While I agree that Tesla customers especially are willing to do the whole transaction online (especially in states that have dealership laws like Michigan, New York, Connecticut, Texas, Utah, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Wisconsin) - what about service and solar?
Service is the lifeblood of many car dealerships and Tesla needs more places where owners can get their cars fixed - not fewer. If Elon Musk is planning on closing some expensive, flashy retail stores and replacing them with more practical garages where the cars can be repaired then great. Service is a looming issue for Tesla that also has to be addressed. More places not fewer would be better.
And solar? Weren't the Tesla retail stores supposed to double as places to showcase the Tesla solar products as well? It's not like a Powerwall can be just dropped off at a person's home like a Model 3. The Powerwall has to be installed and homeowners are going to have questions. Questions that could be answered at a retail store. Maybe the plan is to have an all-mobile fleet of service vans for both cars and solar? Like I said confusing.
Tesla recently released its enhanced summon feature. But all I could think is I'd go apeshit if I got stuck behind a car moving that slow in traffic. Also until advanced summon works seamlessly for someone to retrieve their car back home from a bar where you took an Uber ride home the night before then it's not a real selling point for me.
The "Tesla Effect" hits Germany as VW, Daimler, and BMW fully commit to EV's.
Construction going 24/7 in China to meet the goal of opening the Gigafactory 3 by the end of the year.
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