ELECTRIC CAR
FACILITY TO OPEN
IN
MARCH 2013
Another Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row Exclusive
High-end electric car manufacturer
Tesla Motors has announced it will open a vehicle service center in Bethesda in March 2013.
The actual location has not yet been announced.
The facility will not be a dealership, but Tesla is opening one in Tysons Corner. That location will not have a service center, and likely will direct owners to our Bethesda facility. Tesla's Washington, D.C. location has sales and service on one site.
Where will the Tesla facility go?
You might say, "not Bethesda Row!" But don't rule it out. Tesla has a location at California's Santana Row development. Don't forget: there's a very conspicuously out-of-place auto repair shop on Elm Street, near Taylor Gourmet and Newton's Table. Hmm... Hmm indeed!
There are limited options, as only an industrial site or previously auto-contaminated property like a gas station are eligible.
Other than the Westbard industrial zone, or one of the two shuttered gas stations downtown (excluding Eastham's) Tesla's only real options other than Elm Street would be Montgomery Mall (which is unlikely to use the valuable Ourisman Ford site for more auto uses - but you never know!) or to join with EuroMotorcars as Lotus did. Think about it.
Stay tuned!
