Tesla plans to triple service capacity with 1,400 new techs, 350 new vans, and in-car scheduling

[Morgen]

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[QUOTE]As it prepares to expand all its services and infrastructure to support its growing fleet with the arrival of the Model 3, Tesla announced today that it is expanding its service capacity by a factor of 3.

They have announced a series of new actions in order to achieve that goal.

First, they will be adding 100 new service locations to their more than 150 existing service centers. The company says that they are opening those based on the concentration of Model 3 reservations in certain markets.
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In order to support all those changes, Tesla plans to hire as many as 1,400 new service technicians this year alone.
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[url]https://electrek.co/2017/07/11/tesla-new-service-strategy/[/url]

Hopefully this brings down some of the crazy service wait times that some areas have.

[kylel999]

They only have 700 techs currently? That's like, 14 per state

[JennyC6]

As much as the idea of owning one grinds my gears, I can't say I would object much to working on them for a living. I would be an oddball in the employee lot, though, prolly the only guy there with ICE under the hood :v:

[evilweazel]

In-car scheduling sounds like a nightmare.

I can just imagine the hoards of inept soccermoms pulling up to the door saying they made an appointment through the vehicles system because they glanced at the page for it without signing up right, or signed up for the wrong thing, etc... god, its a head ache to think about.

I can hear the demands to speak to service managers from here.

[the rifleman]

[QUOTE=evilweazel;52458638]In-car scheduling sounds like a nightmare.

I can just imagine the hoards of inept soccermoms pulling up to the door saying they made an appointment through the vehicles system because they glanced at the page for it without signing up right, or signed up for the wrong thing, etc... god, its a head ache to think about.

I can hear the demands to speak to service managers from here.[/QUOTE]

Incompetence isn't Tesla's fault tho.

[OvB]

[QUOTE=TestECull;52458623]I would be an oddball in the employee lot, though, prolly the only guy there with ICE under the hood :v:[/QUOTE]

Probably not for the foreseeable future. I'm sure for a lot of people Tesla just represents another job at which they can put previous automotive dealership skills to work. Speaking of their employee lot, it's notoriously bad (and full of ICE) [url]https://www.instagram.com/teslaparkinglot/?hl=en[/url]

[evilweazel]

[QUOTE=The Rifleman;52458711]Incompetence isn't Tesla's fault tho.[/QUOTE]

I'm not saying it's their fault, I'm saying it sounds like a massive pain in the ass for the guys in the shop on the receiving end of it.

[Dr.C]

[QUOTE=TestECull;52458623]As much as the idea of owning one grinds my gears, I can't say I would object much to working on them for a living. I would be an oddball in the employee lot, though, prolly the only guy there with ICE under the hood :v:[/QUOTE]

Their parking lot is full of BRZs, 370z's, and brodozers

[Morgen]

[QUOTE=Kylel999;52458328]They only have 700 techs currently? That's like, 14 per state[/QUOTE]

They have a lot more. They are implementing things to get more out of the same. So they expect to triple capacity without trippling staff.

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[QUOTE=evilweazel;52458638]In-car scheduling sounds like a nightmare.

I can just imagine the hoards of inept soccermoms pulling up to the door saying they made an appointment through the vehicles system because they glanced at the page for it without signing up right, or signed up for the wrong thing, etc... god, its a head ache to think about.

I can hear the demands to speak to service managers from here.[/QUOTE]

It's probably one of those things that only activates when your annual service is due or you talk to someone on the phone I guess.