Tesla opening a 45 000 square feet sales/service center in Montréal... does that mean that it'll be like Toronto one and we'll get SC station right in MTL? If it's the case, halleluia!!! I'll avoid to charge at my COSTLY Ontario countryhouse (+12,57 cents kw/h).
Tesla frappe un grand coup Ã* Montréal | André Dubuc | Automobile
translation for my fellow friends:
California electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors luxury is about to strike a blow to Montreal.
The company was founded in 2003 by Elon Musk will open its first real store in Quebec on Ferrier Street, taught La Presse Affaires.
The building of approximately 45,000 square feet is located in the vicinity of the Orange Julep, west of Decarie, in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. It would, we are told, one of the most important points of Tesla service in North America.
According to our information, Tesla will spend over a million dollars to develop the site for his taste. With the work of this magnitude on the agenda, the opening can not be done until the final months of 2014 or early 2015.
An email to the press service of Tesla in California was not followed.
In an article published March 31, 2014, La Presse Affaires, who visited the headquarters of Tesla in Palo Alto, wrote that an outlet would open in Montreal this year. But the secret was to be maintained until the last minute, nothing would be announced before the signing of a lease in good standing.
«Natural association»
Tesla moved with pomp in Quebec makes sense. The province is connected, as we know, over vast hydroelectric resources that are his pride. The provincial government also leads an ambitious electric transportation.
Tesla is the automobile manufacturer of the day. Its Model S, which ranges from 0 to 100 km / h in 4 seconds, a hit with Hollywood stars. Consumer Reports called the car "almost perfect" and awarded the mark of 99%. Publicly traded, the action of the manufacturer (TSLA,) sells for 78 times earnings in 2015.
There are at July 31 about 250 Tesla vehicles registered in Quebec. The starting price of the Model S - over $ 70,000 - for the time limit sales in the province, but they are likely to take off when the model of "third generation", which should cost of 30,000 to $ 40,000, will appear around 2017.
In Montreal, the selected building has hosted in the past a Chrysler and previously an Infiniti dealership. The garage has a dozen workstations, commonly called service bays, and features an indoor garage to house vehicles in stock. The exhibition hall will be used to showcase their new vehicles like the X model, four-wheel drive.
During our site visit Thursday, employees of the National Demolition company were working to thin out the garage.
Since last December, Canada's largest Tesla facilities are located at 1325 Lawrence Avenue East in Toronto, a former Lamborghini dealership 17,000 square feet.
«An exceptional business»
Revolutionary company with its stations superchargers able to recharge 50% of battery in 20 minutes soon spread across America, Tesla has a distinct business model. Its sales are mainly through internet and not through dealers. The stores are mostly used to put his models on display and invite customers to test drive.
Its outlets also more like an Apple store than a Ford dealer. Tesla readily installed in shopping centers upscale. In the City-Queen, the automaker has settled in Yorkdale Mall, in a room of 2,500 square feet facing Apple and Microsoft stores. He also access on the highly sought Robson Street in Vancouver.
In Montreal, the company chose to approach the upscale neighborhoods of Mount Royal, Hampstead, Côte-Saint-Luc, Outremont, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Westmount. Tesla is also not the only seller of luxury cars in the neighborhood. Board side of Decarie at this height, the average motorist can choose between Mercedes, Jaguar and Rolls-Royce.
Since the end of 2012, Tesla temporarily operates a small service center on the Boulevard des Laurentides, Laval, where it is possible to carry out road tests by appointment. We have not been able to speak directly to a representative Tesla, Renaud-Pierre Bérubé.
His deputy has confirmed that customers who passed an order had to wait three months before taking delivery of the object of their desires. She said that the Montreal store will not open until 2015.
