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Tesla Body Repair Center, 1460 Mabury Rd, San Jose CA

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Anyone familiar with 1460 Mabury Rd in San Jose? Tesla seems to be working on a new service center there. Here's how to get to the permits I found:
  1. Visit City of San José Online Permits
  2. Enter APN 25402044
  3. List all permits
Apparently this is a 60,800-sqft warehouse owned by Tesla, and they're converting it into a service center. I see permits for office area, a new transformer, vehicle lifts, etc. It doesn't look like it'll have any supercharging.

I'm not sure what this area is called: Creekland maybe?

Apologies if this has already been discussed or if this isn't the best subforum for it.
 
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Looking at these permits again today, nothing much seems to be happening. But I noticed one detail that I missed back in December: one permit "2017 043535 CI" is now "under inspection", and makes it sound like Tesla might start doing their own collision repairs.

SCOPE OF WORK: INSTALL(2) PRE-ENGINEERED, ETL LISTED, AUTOMATIC SPRAY BOOTHS AND 2 WORKSTATIONS INTO AN (E) AUTO COLLISION REPAIR FACILITY

I guess a "spray booth" is for painting?

Oh, and wouldn't this be walking distance from the forthcoming Berryessa BART station?
 
I took a closer look at the documents for this project, and now I'm not so sure it'll be a service center at all. Various document call it the "San Jose CPO Refurbishment Center" or "CPO Service Center", and the main stated purpose seems to be R&D.

The linked documents include general maps of the building. These shows two spray booths for painting, two service work bays, a lobby, restrooms, office space, and conference rooms.

These plans also mention a "battery storage room", and say that the fire sprinkler system can handle a maximum of 6000-lb of lithium-ion batteries being stored or worked on.

http://csjimg2.sanjoseca.gov/ecmsviewer/570/521/17521570.pdf
http://csjimg2.sanjoseca.gov/ecmsviewer/500/834/16834500.pdf

Another document, from March, requests permission for temporary occupancy until the end of June because Tesla is waiting on PG&E utility service upgrades. This document describes the site as "Tesla CPO Service Center". It further states that the bulk of the square footage will be an "R&D Lab" with only 1368-sqft of office space.

http://csjimg2.sanjoseca.gov/ecmsviewer/501/150/17150501.pdf

I'm not sure what that means, or if they got the temporary occupancy permit. But speculating... maybe this is intended to be a prototype for a future network of CPO refurb centers?
 
Sounds like a prototype to me if a future repair center. I guess they're calling it a refurb center in keeping with the electronics terminology. That would explain why there's no Supercharger as it would be very odd for a regular service center to not have Superchargers.
 
I'm not sure what this area is called: Creekland maybe?
I imagine the shop staff will probably have this conversation:

"Do you know where Berryessa BART is by the flea market?"
"Ohhh yeah! I do."
"It's across the street from Berryessa BART, on Mabury Road, by the South side of the Terminal. Would you like the address? You can type the address into the car's navigation and it will bring you right here."​

Driving access depends on driving direction. The easiest and what I would always advise is from I-680, which means just take Berryessa Road Exit, and is the nicest drive. You would go South from there to Mabury Road on one of the perpendicular streets (Jackson (nicer), Lundy (shorter)). Anything else and I'd advise to use the car's navigation, since it's easy to get lost around there with many twists and turns to get there, and you don't want to get lost in most of those neighborhoods, being as how that's the Trash District all the way from the Flea Market by the BART terminal all the way up to the Homeless Shelter by 880, literally hundreds of industrial companies dealing with recycling, toxic waste, and trash of every imaginable material, and the types of residential neighborhoods that result around there and 101 are not known for being "safe", so to speak. If coming North on 101, nav might put you on McKee, which is also a rough neighborhood.
I'm not sure what that means, or if they got the temporary occupancy permit. But speculating... maybe this is intended to be a prototype for a future network of CPO refurb centers?
It fits with the larger neighborhood's recycling motif. That particular couple block area sports a few auto shops of sorts, as well. I don't know how zoning in that region works with respect to a Tesla shop; often you have to file for the most extreme behavior which covers all expected behaviors. This could be a special spot or just another regular service center. For all I know, they will refurbish CPO's, and that fits the definition of recycling for some type of beneficial tax category, and it will be publically faced as a general service center with a side business of CPO sales. Recycling a whole car intact is a pretty good "green" behavior compared to tearing it down. On the other hand, watch me be surprised by this being the first place they really start tearing down the cars and recycling each component, seeing as how they're in the right neighborhood for that, too.
 
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Looks like Tesla is hiring for collision expertise at this location, and others around the country.

https://chj.tbe.taleo.net/chj05/ats...74=2544&WebPage=JSRCH&webversion=0&act=search

https://chj.tbe.taleo.net/chj05/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=TESLA&cws=1&rid=74075

Collision Repair Customer Support

NA-US-CA-San Jose-1460 Mabury Road

The Tesla Body Repair Program is seeking a Collision Repair Customer Support Specialist to work on one of the most progressive vehicle brands in the world. This position will involve supporting the Internal Body Shop in all aspects of its Authorized Collision Program.​
 
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I just went there now, 9pm. A nice guard lady who stopped me told me yes, it is a Tesla service center. I didn’t ask what kind. She said it opens tomorrow morning “at ~ 8”. There are many Teslas parked in a nearby old rail-spur-looking gravel lot beside the building. To me they all looked pre-refresh (Model S). There are no obvious “Tesla” signs, but I’ve been to some service centers without signs (Santa Clara). Upon exiting, I found out the City installed a damn new median barrier, so one cannot go left; one must go right. Just as well: the righthand neighborhoods and pathways to the freeways are 10% less criminal, but don’t diddle-daddle: just get to 680 and go.

The Berryessa BART terminal across Mabury Road isn’t complete, but there is a huge new parking lot there that I’ve never seen before. I’m sure every car will be broken into every day at that BART parking, unless BART police actually turns a leaf and becomes effective, which I advocate, since San Jose won’t like BART crime at all. I think the guards at Tesla will prevent most that kind of trouble at the Tesla service center.
 
It is a Tesla Collision Repair Center. I just recently had my rear quarter panel replaced from a "smash and grab" incident. According to a worker that I talked to there, it is about 65,000 sq. ft. The insurance adjuster that came to inspect my car stated that it was open. The place that I was going to take my car to was stating a 2 month booking date to get my car in to repair. The Tesla center had my rear quarter panel glass in stock and was able to replace it in about 2 hours. 20181012_082854.jpg 20181012_082858.jpg

Also, according to the worker, they just recently opened...approximately two days ago as of last week. Their office and lobby are still pretty bare. They were still unpacking office equipment, desks, chairs, etc.
 
@Pinegreen - How did you arrange to have your car fixed there?

@miimura
I first called in to the Tesla number listed on their website for Body Shop Support (877-79-TESLA (877-798-3752))
Body Shop Support

They told me that the shop is so new that they do not have a direct number yet, so I had to email them with pics of the damage and put in the Subject line of the email the last six numbers of my VIN and my location. Their email is the following:

[email protected]

They then replied to my email with an appointment date and approximate appointment time. The day before the appointment, they called to to ask me when I wanted to bring in my car on the date that they gave me.

EDIT: They require that you have your insurance adjuster give you an estimate first before they even schedule you. They'll also ask you for your insurance company, claim number, and the insurance adjuster's name and contact info.
 
We had someone hit our MS in a parking lot last month (looks like just rear fender and bumper work--including a dent in fender) and just got our email confirmation today for an appointment in January. Called about scheduling an appointment mid-November. The email gave us a date and time. The other vehicle's insurance adjuster came to our house shortly after it happened so we had our estimate ready to submit to them. My husband is also pretty sure that he needed to submit photos of the damage.
 
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It is a Tesla Collision Repair Center. I just recently had my rear quarter panel replaced from a "smash and grab" incident. According to a worker that I talked to there, it is about 65,000 sq. ft. The insurance adjuster that came to inspect my car stated that it was open. The place that I was going to take my car to was stating a 2 month booking date to get my car in to repair. The Tesla center had my rear quarter panel glass in stock and was able to replace it in about 2 hours. View attachment 344713 View attachment 344714
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Do you mean rear triangular window or car's rear quarter panel? We were the victim of a smash and grab (although nothing to grab) last year and if just the glass, wondering what the cost of that repair is currently.

I saw a number of positions last month on Indeed for job postings there. I look periodically hoping to see a service center opening further south of San Jose that might be more convenient for us living further south of Silicon Valley. Thought I even saw evening listings for the body shop--sure needed for all the work unfortunately needed here in the bay area.
 
Do you mean rear triangular window or car's rear quarter panel? We were the victim of a smash and grab (although nothing to grab) last year and if just the glass, wondering what the cost of that repair is currently.

I saw a number of positions last month on Indeed for job postings there. I look periodically hoping to see a service center opening further south of San Jose that might be more convenient for us living further south of Silicon Valley. Thought I even saw evening listings for the body shop--sure needed for all the work unfortunately needed here in the bay area.

Yes, I meant rear quarter window (the triangular one). I'll have to find my invoice and get back to you about the current pricing.
 
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This thread has been silent for almost a year, which surprises me. I’m going to visit it this week to ask about cost and timeframe for some accident damage to my Model 3.

Would be interested in comments from Tesla owners who have had collision repair done at this location.

Note: I revised the thread title to show the correct name of this Tesla facility.
 
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