Tesla Bethesda Lane pop-up now official (Photos)

Tesla Motors has now announced the Tesla Model S display on Bethesda Lane is an official "pop-up" Tesla store for the summer. The display, which includes information and an actual Model S, will have set hours daily.

Official listing of the
Bethesda Row pop-up
on Tesla Motors' website

It should be noted that this is small-scale compared to more elaborate Tesla pop-ups coming to resort cities this summer. Those are often like tents with more of a showroom-style display on the walls inside.

CADILLAC ELR SQUARES OFF AGAINST TESLA MODEL S IN BETHESDA (PHOTOS)

There's a new sheriff in town at Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda. Tesla Motors' Model S sedan has been dominating the electric car discussion there, ever since the Tesla Store opened on the lower level last year. More recently, Tesla constructed and opened a Supercharger station at the mall, to give Model S owners free charges while they shop.

There aren't yet free charging stations for Cadillac owners, but the company's impressive ELR coupe is now on display inside the mall. Courtesy of Jim Coleman Cadillac - a dealership located just steps away from the mall - the ELR has been parked very close to the Tesla Store. Coincidence, or a bold statement?

In my opinion, the Cadillac ELR may have the best exterior design of any electric car, short of the ridiculously-amazing styling of the BMW i8. Tesla's Model S isn't exactly frumpy, though, and still beats both competitors in the "green" department - it's all-electric, while the Cadillac and BMW are hybrids with back-up gasoline engines. Tesla and Cadillac build theirs in America - the Model S in Fremont, California, and the ELR at GM's Detroit-Hamtramck plant.

Before listening to those telling you the private automobile is on the verge of extinction - they are out of touch with technology and reality. Don't demolish and cancel those highways just yet; the vehicles of the future are on the way.

Prepare for sticker shock

Just down the hall from
competitor Tesla Motors

A futuristic car with some
classic Cadillac styling cues