Front page of the Style section, big glowing T logo with "Are you a Teslaholic? Go ahead and hug the curves - this electric car engineers a cultlike following."
by Nellie Bowles
Addicted to Tesla
That was news to me, that Newsom has a winery and he has superchargers there. Pretty convinced it is indeed a supercharger because note the reference to Tesla-only network. Has anyone been there to confirm?
by Nellie Bowles
Addicted to Tesla
Electric cars were not always particularly sexy. While mayor, Newsom drove one of the earliest.
"And I was mocked everywhere! Chron did five or six nasty cartoons of me - gelled hair slicked back, little electric car - making fun," said Newsom, who installed two Tesla superchargers at his Cade Winery in Napa. "Elon's been so savvy getting those hip tech folks. He created a brand making electric cars appear superior. And now I'm a visionary! I just sit back smugly. I'm like, 'Told you so.' "
When the new Bay Bridge span opened this fall, Newsom had old-timey cars drive first - then Teslas.
Several Tesla salespeople recently visited Newsom's winery to give test drives and take orders. The cars sat out front next to their special Tesla-only chargers (a network of which the company is furiously working to flesh out)
That was news to me, that Newsom has a winery and he has superchargers there. Pretty convinced it is indeed a supercharger because note the reference to Tesla-only network. Has anyone been there to confirm?