Tesla Tests Pop-Up Store Model To Bypass Dealerships
PALO ALTO (CBS SF) - Tesla may be taking a page from Food Trucks - take your stuff on the road.
Tesla debuted several pop-up stores around the U.S. over the Memorial Day weekend.
Hello @MMVillage, our pop-up store is now open! Come and check out the new Model S P85D: http://t.co/Jdtf6j4MVO pic.twitter.com/DUiALsxwoJ
— Tesla (@Tesla) April 11, 2015
Not one for traditional sales models, Tesla rolls the stores in on flatbed trucks, and then assembles them into a store that's only twenty feet deep and 34-feet wide, The Silicon Valley Business Journal reports.
Tesla has been fighting with several states over its stores because they sell directly to consumers, rather than through dealerships.
The Business Journal speculates that the pop-up stores may be the secret-weapon for the "demand generation" alluded to by Elon Musk earlier this year.
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