Tesla allowed to open Richmond VA location

[Xenius]

This is awesome news! Going to be a lot easier to get my Dad to make a trip from Williamsburg to Richmond than Falls Church! Plus convenient for me when travelling.

 

[1101011]

...Unfortunately, I believe this is only the first (actually, the second) salvo in this fight. Expect to see this challenged in court. Also, it is understood that VADA has spent lots of time and money in the VA legislature. We need to keep up by contacting our legislators and state officials in support.

I expect this is true. Virginia owners might want to continue to correspond with legislators to further inform.

After all, with the advent of Model 3, wouldn't you want more than two service centers in Virginia?

 

[OBX John]

This is AWESOME! I thought I'd be stuck going to Raleigh for years, but Richmond is so much more convenient to the Outer Banks. Plus I've got friends there who I need to visit more often. Great, great news. I wonder if they are looking at the Hampton Roads area sometime in the future?

 

[hsctiger93]

Such great news!!! And a special THANK YOU to all who took time from their busy days to exercise their democratic rights by voicing their opinions and feelings in the multiple hearings. You know what would be awesome? If, when they open the new facility that those who testified get recognized or memorialized at the building somehow.

Selfishly, the location is within a 7-iron of my office, so I will avail myself of that opportunity much more frequently...

 

[BillyMadison]

This is great news! I wasn't expecting this. I have been following this closely and as mentioned before, the VADA spends a lot of money for lobbying and in the legislature.

I live about 5 minutes from both the supercharger and now the service center. I can provide pictures/updates if anyone wants.

 

[DFibRL8R]

Progress in Virginia is slow but we're getting there!

 

[willr79]

Great news indeed! Big big win!

Now, if the General Assembly would just pass laws that were friendlier to Solar Power!

 

[Redmiata98]

Yeah, things seemed to REALY speed up when the Old Dominion converted to electricity for lighting from whale oil ;-)

 

[baxiii]

Such great news!!! And a special THANK YOU to all who took time from their busy days to exercise their democratic rights by voicing their opinions and feelings in the multiple hearings. You know what would be awesome? If, when they open the new facility that those who testified get recognized or memorialized at the building somehow.

Selfishly, the location is within a 7-iron of my office, so I will avail myself of that opportunity much more frequently...

hsctiger93...Off topic... but did you Colbert's nod to HSC this week and To Manners Born, To Manners Bred...
Class of '97 here,
Best,

 

[hsctiger93]

No, I didn't. Got a link?

 

[hsctiger93]

Anyone know if/when construction starts? Sitting on 46,500 miles and was dreaming of a Richmond Service Center to handle my 50k and subsequent extended warranty purchase...

 

[OBX John]

Anyone know if/when construction starts? Sitting on 46,500 miles and was dreaming of a Richmond Service Center to handle my 50k and subsequent extended warranty purchase...

All I've been able to find was a news article saying "they would immediately begin work". So I'd guess it'd be open within a year?

Tesla Opening Richmond (Virginia) Store Following Legal Win

 

[EVTECH]

This is great news! I wasn't expecting this. I have been following this closely and as mentioned before, the VADA spends a lot of money for lobbying and in the legislature.

I live about 5 minutes from both the supercharger and now the service center. I can provide pictures/updates if anyone wants.

Stopped by recently? Would be impressed if construction started already.

 

[techmaven]

Ok, now I'm going to have to swing by on my way to work tomorrow and look.

 

[techmaven]

So... no visible work. An outer wall will have to be demo'd, or the existing truck bays will have to be altered a great deal in order to allow for vehicles to enter the building. The front entrance was roped off and I didn't go peek into the building, but it doesn't appear that anything has happened yet.

 

[OBX John]

So... no visible work. An outer wall will have to be demo'd, or the existing truck bays will have to be altered a great deal in order to allow for vehicles to enter the building. The front entrance was roped off and I didn't go peek into the building, but it doesn't appear that anything has happened yet.

I'd guess the permits would take several months even with no opposition. Hopefully there's no one nearby who wants to delay things - one disgruntled neighbor can gum up the works for months in my experience. Hopefully construction won't take too long after permits are issued - seems most commercial contractors are very efficient once they get going.

 

[Lanny]

VADA has filed notice that it will appeal the DMV Commissioner's Nov. 30th decision to Richmond Circuit Court by Jan. 22.

Tesla says, “The auto dealer lobby continues to put its own financial interests before consumers, and we expect its latest attempt to harm Tesla and its Virginia customers to again fail.”

Virginia Automobile Dealers Association appeals DMV ruling on Tesla store in Henrico

 

[Xenius]

Man how I hate dealers.

 

[swengl]

Man how I hate dealers.

It's probably more appropriate to refer to them as "ICE pushers", haha....

 

[BigD0g]

I went by the space yesterday, and saw a bunch of construction folks outside surveying the site, so hopefully it will start soon!