How is Tesla going to meet 2017 goals for service centers and superchargers

[arnis]

As far as I remember, Tesla does allow 3rd party well-known repair shops to fix Tesla's under warranty to some extent.
Doing wheel alignment, replacing suspension parts, broken seat adjustment buttons - it's all very easy and does not
require complex training. For Model X/S body repair and airbags was the limit - they did not send airbags to anybody
but their own service centers and most repair shops don't handle aluminum at all.
Aluminum problem will be solved (door and hatches can be just replaced). Airbag/crash stuff might require training.
Tesla does allow independent shops to get some license with requirements and training. This training is doable.
Independent shop will get software+hardware for diagnostics and some tools specific to Tesla (if any).

Nowadays it is popular to just write off the vehicle rather than fix after medium or high severity crash.

Tesla has stated clearly and many times: they will not try to make money on servicing their vehicles.
Therefore they are also not interested in expanding their infrastructure to the extent normal car manufacturers do.
And rather allow free market to do it's job. Of course they need some capacity to do the extensive/complicated stuff.
If M3 reliability is way above market average this also solves a lot. We already know that servicing EV-s is less demanding.

 

[eye.surgeon]

I don't see the answer as a mystery...it's Tesla service centers. It's just a question of why aren't they building them like they stated they were going to at the M3 announcement.

 

[jbcarioca]

Tesla already has many authorized body shops that do structural repairs also. Further, aluminum no longer is unusual in NA, especially since the Ford F150.
The major Tesla impediment, I suspect, is the tendency to declare tesla total loss in fear of battery or drivetrain issues. That will only be resolved by increase in use of BEV's and the consequent knowledge about repaid and diagnosis that will follow.
I think tesla meeting 2017 goals for everything other than sales centers and superchargers will depend on rapid education of independent shops, both body and electrical. I wonder how many electrical shops might be better prepared to understand tesla unique service issues than would ICE-experienced people?
It seems to me the solution might be something like:
body shops, just as they do already
traditional car shops- suspension, tires, brakes, etc
electrical specialists- everything else
Lots more Rangers could help with technical issues and training, as well as use other people's shops for their own work, just as happens less formally already.
Oddly, that is more or less the model used now by aircraft manufacturers. Clearly Tesla is in a totally different scale, but the model could work.

 

[Sonny Daze]

Here's one of the new Tesla Mobile Service vans. I wonder what fuel this thing uses?

Tesla’s Rangers get a new look, now called ‘Tesla Mobile Service’ – First Look