Tesla on a charge

Tesla Birmingham Store
Tesla Birmingham Store

ELECTRIC supercar manufacturer Tesla certainly seems to be putting its money where its mouth is with a rapid expansion of its Supercharging sites around the country.

Six new Superchargers and a West Midlands-based store continue the company’s rapid UK expansion

Tesla has just opened a new store and service centre in the UK. A five-minute drive from A45 and A38, the new location features a Model S design studio, a four-bay service area and a purpose-built delivery bay

The Tesla Birmingham retail and service centre is Tesla’s fourth UK store and is well placed to serve potential customers and Model S owners in the Midlands.

By the end of 2014, customers will be able to visit Tesla stores and service centres across the country.

Tesla is currently recruiting for upcoming sales and service facilities in Manchester, Bristol, Newcastle and Edinburgh. The company will continue to hold test-drive events around the UK.

Tesla already has six Supercharging sites open for business in London at Canary Wharf, Tower Bridge and Westfield White City inaddition to locations at Portman Square and Royal Victoria Docks that provide convenient charging options for Model S owners in a city where off street parking is rare and expensive.

As well as Tesla’s existing site in Birmingham, the company is adding Reading, Bristol and Edinburgh to the network and within the next six months, Model S drivers will be able to drive the length of the UK relying only on Superchargers.

A Supercharger replenishes half a charge in as little as 20 minutes along well-travelled routes, allowing Model S owners to drive long distances with minimal stops.

Tesla has energised 237 Superchargers worldwide with 83 in Europe, making it both the largest and the fastest-growing fast-charging network in the world.

This all bodes well for the future of electric cars which have been slated for their poor range.

In certainly shortens the odds in the forthcoming battle between electic and hydrogen fuel cell as petrol and diesel engines become fewer.

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