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That's exactly what they need for the Model S. As long as the agreement allows Tesla to take over servicing the city if they decide to put a store there though.
I had heard the possibility of something like that mentioned elsewhere. It makes a lot of sense if it can be done in a way that doesn't tie Tesla's hands. Nothing as drastic as a take-over, though....I was told that Toyota was interested in striking an agreement with TM to sell & service TM products through their Lexus dealers...
I was down at my Lexus dealer (huge dealership...they have MB / BMW/ Lexus / Toyota/ Acura, and more) on Friday getting the snows put on my vehicle.
One of the owners of the dealership saw my Tesla jacket and asked if I had one...after I told him I would in a few weeks, we struck up an interesting conversation about TM & Toyota...the end result was that I was told that Toyota was interested in striking an agreement with TM to sell & service TM products through their Lexus dealers...might be interesting concept in areas that TM don't (and wouldn't be) opening stores anytime soon...might be a huge catalyst to help Model S sales...who knows...
I had heard the possibility of something like that mentioned elsewhere. It makes a lot of sense if it can be done in a way that doesn't tie Tesla's hands. Nothing as drastic as a take-over, though.
The TM store is ~ 40 miles from where I live. See two potential issues.
(1) In NYC at least, parking is at a premium on 26th street. Don't know how many vehicles the store can house. Assuming there are a large number of Model S’s in for servicing, the store may not be able to accommodate a combination of planned and "unplanned" vehicles.
(2) How are Lexus service employees going to be trained and more importantly, feel about servicing a vehicle that essentially makes even a Lexus Hybrid obsolete?
I was down at my Lexus dealer (huge dealership...they have MB / BMW/ Lexus / Toyota/ Acura, and more) on Friday getting the snows put on my vehicle.
One of the owners of the dealership saw my Tesla jacket and asked if I had one...after I told him I would in a few weeks, we struck up an interesting conversation about TM & Toyota...the end result was that I was told that Toyota was interested in striking an agreement with TM to sell & service TM products through their Lexus dealers...might be interesting concept in areas that TM don't (and wouldn't be) opening stores anytime soon...might be a huge catalyst to help Model S sales...who knows...
A full on takeover? Bad IMO. some sort of joint venture may work though.
Would be cool, but I thought that was what the Daimler deal was partially about? Sales and service from some MB dealers?
I could definitely see something like this happening.Some type of Toyota control is inevitable. Toyota already is partnered up with Tesla, expanding that is a no-brainer. Toyota has the cash to make it happen, and Tesla would benefit from their economies of scale, marketing prowess, dealer network, etc. It's not a question of if, but when.