The Menlo Park sales/service center

[flabby]

I'd say this is a nice problem to have :biggrin:
They probably have some offsite storage where gliders wait for their introduction to Mr. Drivetrain and Mrs. Battery.

If I remember correctly, there was a very large building back behind the show room/shop building. Maybe they will keep them back there.

 

[doug]

I think these are a little old, but it's nice to see a bunch of Roadsters in one spot.

 

[doug]

 

[graham]

Zap! to move in next door to the Menlo Park store? I can't decide if this is a good thing or not.
Almanac : Another electric car company may come to MP

Tesla Motors' days as the only electric car dealership in Menlo Park may be numbered.

ZAP!, a Santa Rosa-based electric vehicle company, is in talks with the city to open a dealership at 550 El Camino Real — the site of the abandoned Buick/Cadillac/GMC dealership.

 

[doug]

Zap! to move in next door to the Menlo Park store? I can't decide if this is a good thing or not.
Almanac : Another electric car company may come to MP

Thread on that here: http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/elec...electric-car-company-may-come-menlo-park.html

 

[Laurent]

I was talking to Jeremy from the MP store this morning. Unfortunately, he's leaving Tesla to join a startup in the city. That's really too bad, he's always been very friendly and very knowledgeable. He'll be missed, just like Tom O'Leary who left earlier this year.

 

[TEG]

Yes, sorry to see him go.

 

[graham]

Oh, that is unfortunate about Jeremy. He has been an asset. I hope Sorinne (sp?) stays around.

 

[doug]

Drove by the store on my way to campus around 7:30pm yesterday evening. There was a big party going on in there. I think it was an event for TheFunded.com. I also spotted at least two Roadsters on the road along the way.

Edit:
Blog from someone at the event:
My Life, Starting Up: TheFunded's Event Connect at Tesla Motors

 

[doug]

Flickr Photo Download: P1020071

 

[graham]

A beautiful, beautiful sight.

I hope they can keep up with the drive train installations.

 

[malcolm]

Do we have a collective noun?

A Torque?

A Revolution?

 

[graham]

A Coil?

 

[doug]

Drove by the store on my way to campus around 7:30pm yesterday evening. There was a big party going on in there. I think it was an event for TheFunded.com. I also spotted at least two Roadsters on the road along the way.

Edit:
Blog from someone at the event:
My Life, Starting Up: TheFunded's Event Connect at Tesla Motors

Photos from The Funded event: Tesla, The Funded - a set on Flickr

 

[graham]

Green Jobs in Action

Blue-collar and white-collar are familiar jobs—from plumbers and builders to lawyers and stock traders. Now, the buzz is building for green-collar jobs, the millions of job opportunities created by the green economy.

Tesla Motors employees assemble a “Roadster” in the company’s Menlo Park, CA showroom. The electric carmaker employs engineers, sales people, designers, and administrative staff to run the business.

 

[doug]

Some photos someone took at the Menlo Park shop yesterday: Tesla Motors - a set on Flickr





I hadn't seen the color coded signs on top of the cars before. Kinda makes them look like taxis.

 

[doug]

Any guess as to what's in the crates? Motors perhaps? Seems a little small for the battery pack.

 

[TEG]

Any guess as to what's in the crates? Motors perhaps? Seems a little small for the battery pack.

Lost ark perhaps?

:tongue:

 

[Kevin Harney]

So what are the "G", "P", "D" & "R" for ...

P = PEM
D = Drive Train
R = Ready



Looks like an "S" too

S= ESS ?

 

[deenko]

Those are ESS crates. If they were motors, you could fit at least 8 in there.