Tesla grows in Valencia but keeps its possible factory a secret

2024-01-10 13:55:01
While the news about a future Tesla factory in Valencia remains within the utmost confidentiality, what is clear is that the brand led by Elon Musk is increasingly betting on Valencia in terms of sales, since it has just opened its second ‘Tesla Center’ and becomes the only province in Spain with two complete Tesla facilities: exhibition, sales, workshop and store. The opening adds to the one held in November in Alicante, in this case with a ‘Tesla Service’ with exhibition and sales, and to the planned opening of a new facility in Mallorca, scheduled for the first quarter of 2024, so that Of the 15 openings planned by Tesla in the southern area of ​​Europe – Spain, Italy, France and Portugal – three will occur in the Levante area. The two Tesla facilities in Valencia occupy spaces that previously had competing brands. In the case of the Tesla Center in Valencia city, opened in 2020 and located on Maestro Rodrigo street, the installation corresponded to the luxury brand Infiniti, which left Europe in 2019. After that opening there has been a real electrical ‘boom’ in the area, where BYD opened its doors in the summer of 2023, MG is finishing new facilities and Polestar is finalizing a new concession. Related News vertical No The best-selling electric cars in 2023 J. Bacorelle Sales of pure electric and plug-in hybrid passenger cars totaled 113,776 units in 2023, which represents 12% of total sales For its second ‘Center’ Tesla has chosen a facility that was once occupied by Mercedes-Benz in l’Eliana, one of the most popular residential areas of the city of Valencia. There, the new Tesla Center has 8,000 square meters with an exhibition, workshop and parking. The facilities, operational for a few weeks, have nothing to envy of the major European brands, and in fact, the exhibition is extensive for a range of four models, of which seven different units are on display, so it is understood that More models will arrive in the future, and especially the Tesla 2, a compact electric vehicle whose development has already been completed by the brand and for which the design and location of its production lines are being finalized. In this unknown lies the future Tesla plant in Valencia, for which the Valencian Government, despite the change of political sign, continues to carry out work to facilitate the arrival of a giga-factory of the American brand, which has led to expropriate and group land in the town of Cheste, very close to the Speed ​​Circuit and with quick access to the A-3 Highway and, therefore, to the main distribution communication routes in Spain, the Valencia-Madrid and the Mediterranean corridor. The model to be produced in this new plant would be the Model 2, a car whose entry-level price should be around 25,000 euros, well below the 39,990 euros that the cheapest Tesla, the Model 3, now costs. MORE INFORMATION news No BYD, the Chinese manufacturer that dethroned Tesla in sales of electric cars news No This is how the electric traction of the Audi RS Q e-tron in the Dakar works news No Dacia Sandero, eleven years of absolute leadership in Spain While Tesla decides whether or not to produce their cars in Spain, their sales are going from strength to strength, which is why these new points of sale are necessary. The inauguration of the Valencia one was attended by clients and friends of the brand, including representatives of the Tesla Spain Club who were able to see the new Model 3 2024, as well as the new colors and equipment – such as the airplane-type steering wheel – of the Model X and S, as well as the brand’s best-seller, the Model Y. This latest model has become the best-selling car in the world in 2024, a historic milestone for an electric car.
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