Tesla Electric Vehicle Service to Expand

Tesla to build new service van on Model S Platform

Expanding mobile vehicle service for customers

After an average rating in reliability by Consumer Reports for Telsa vehicles, the electric car company may have customers covered with the announcement of a planned expansion of its on-road vehicle service capabilities.

Currently, Tesla owners have available to them a Tesla only service plan that sends a van and a technician out to them anytime they are stranded. These are gas powered vans but the company is going to take their current sedan platform and use it to build new service vans that are electric.

Shanghai Skyline Tesla plant coming

The new all-electric service vans will better coincide with Tesla's image as an electric vehicle company and it is a part of an overall expansion of its service reach. Tesla said it will be adding 350 new mobile van units, 100 new service centers, and 1400 more service technicians. From Futurism 

Tesla to build cars in China with new Shanghai plant

Tesla reached an agreement with the Chinese Government to build a manufacturing plant in a trade free zone in the city of Shanghai. Tesla will own the operation outright according to reports, as opposed to having to partner with a Chinese manufacturer like many others have had to do in the past. 

It will be the first deal of its kind in China for a foreign automaker. But it is unlikely Tesla will avoid the 25% trade tariff. From the Verge