Tesla to Open its First Service Center in Thailand

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Automaker Tesla has announced the official opening of its first service center in July along with plans to expand its supercharging stations throughout Thailand.

 

According to Tesla, its first service center, located on Ramkhamhaeng Road, will feature a showroom, a service and delivery center, and an educational area where visitors can learn more about Tesla’s vehicles and technology. The company will introduce a maintenance service through its Tesla app that will allow clients to arrange service appointments directly from their smartphones or tablets. A special home charging package has also been introduced, which will provide convenient and suitable home charging installations for clients.

 

Meanwhile, the automaker announced plans to expand its supercharging network to seven stations across Thailand by the second quarter of this year. Currently, Tesla has three stations in Bangkok, located at CentralWorld, Central Rama 2, and Central Rama 3.

 

In order to expand its EV market in the country, Tesla will organize a roadshow at Iconsiam from June 5 to August 31. The event will exhibit EV technologies and provide visitors with the opportunity to speak directly with Tesla experts.

 

By Krajangwit Johjit

 

Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG230602134140481

 

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[SmartyMarty]

Hopefully next door to a fire station

[Pedrogaz]

Is this to service the 3 cars Tesla have sold in Thailand......btw is there a luxury tax 300% on these beauties? I'm assuming they are not made in a Tesla gigafactory in Thailand....one that no one told us about.

[jaywalker2]

2 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

Is this to service the 3 cars Tesla have sold in Thailand......btw is there a luxury tax 300% on these beauties? I'm assuming they are not made in a Tesla gigafactory in Thailand....one that no one told us about.

i saw one on the road the other day. There are also charging stations in the parking garage at Villa. I'm betting Tesla's will be big in Thailand even if the price tag for the cheapest model is around 2 million baht.

[jonclark]

Car maker opens garage.

 

Why is this even news????

[jacko45k]

Spaced 100km apart down each and every highway?

[hotchilli]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Automaker Tesla has announced the official opening of its first service center in July along with plans to expand its supercharging stations throughout Thailand.

Good luck with that, I wonder how much they will be charging for any type of service... which from what I've read is impossible for the owners to do?

[ricklev]

It outsold the Toyota Corolla!

 

This is a significant bit of news for the auto industry. For the first time, a pure electric car is at the top of global sales rankings. And it could only be a Tesla. Yes, JATO data for 53 markets worldwide, plus information for other key markets and estimates for others, indicate that the Tesla Model Y was the world's best-selling car in the first quarter of this year.

 

But recent price cuts and Tesla's worldwide expansion are boosting demand for the Model Y. It was the third best-selling car last year, behind only two very popular names: the Toyota RAV4 and the Toyota Corolla. According to data from 152 markets, Tesla sold 747,500 units of the Model Y, a 91 percent increase from 2021.

 

https://uk.motor1.com/news/669260/tesla-model-y-best-selling-car-q1-2023/

Edited June 3, 2023 by ricklev

[ftpjtm]

21 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

Is this to service the 3 cars Tesla have sold in Thailand......btw is there a luxury tax 300% on these beauties? I'm assuming they are not made in a Tesla gigafactory in Thailand....one that no one told us about.

Thailand has temporarily waived import duties on EV to promote the industry. A Tesla Model 3 currently starts at 1.8M, about the same as a top model Honda Accord. 

 

If there are only 3 in Thailand I saw all of them parked in a row at the EV charging station at Central Festival Pattaya yesterday. 

Edited June 3, 2023 by ftpjtm

[Enoon]

9 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Good luck with that, I wonder how much they will be charging for any type of service... which from what I've read is impossible for the owners to do?

 

Everybody knows that the whole electric car nonsense is just fake news.....like the moon landings and 9/11

 

Thank goodness that there are people such as yourself with the piercing insight to recognise the impossibility of it all.

 

I mean, for Christs sake.........have you people really not got it yet?

 

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Edited June 3, 2023 by Enoon

[FruitPudding]

22 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

Is this to service the 3 cars Tesla have sold in Thailand......btw is there a luxury tax 300% on these beauties? I'm assuming they are not made in a Tesla gigafactory in Thailand....one that no one told us about.

They start at 1.7 million.

 

I think that's pretty much in-line with prices in the West.

Edited June 3, 2023 by FruitPudding

[FruitPudding]

10 hours ago, hotchilli said:

 

 

20 hours ago, jaywalker2 said:

i saw one on the road the other day. There are also charging stations in the parking garage at Villa. I'm betting Tesla's will be big in Thailand even if the price tag for the cheapest model is around 2 million baht.

Yep, the kids at my school are all talking about their dads looking at the Teslas!

 

Buy shares now, fellas.

Edited June 3, 2023 by FruitPudding

[Puccini]

21 hours ago, jonclark said:

Car maker opens garage.

 

Why is this even news????

This is news because it is unheard of for a car manufacturer to start selling their cars in a country before a service centre or other facilities for servicing and repairing these cars exist in the country.

[jonclark]

1 hour ago, Puccini said:

This is news because it is unheard of for a car manufacturer to start selling their cars in a country before a service centre or other facilities for servicing and repairing these cars exist in the country.

Selling Tesla's here for a couple of years

[stoutfella]

Ah, planning ahead.

[h90]

On 6/2/2023 at 5:53 PM, SmartyMarty said:

Hopefully next door to a fire station

not easy to kill that fire...Better if near Chao Phraya River.....

[h90]

18 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

Everybody knows that the whole electric car nonsense is just fake news.....like the moon landings and 9/11

 

Thank goodness that there are people such as yourself with the piercing insight to recognise the impossibility of it all.

 

I mean, for Christs sake.........have you people really not got it yet?

 

????????????????????????????????

 

 

He does not claim that electric cars are nonsense or fake news. And there are indeed reports from dramas on service and repair...Good luck if there is a single cell or the battery broken, worth some single digit $ amount...but can't replace it.

[ftpjtm]

On 6/4/2023 at 5:32 AM, jonclark said:

Selling Tesla's here for a couple of years

Only grey market imports. Official deliveries direct from Tesla to Thai customers began March 2023.

[Enoon]

On 6/4/2023 at 4:43 AM, h90 said:

He does not claim that electric cars are nonsense or fake news. And there are indeed reports from dramas on service and repair...Good luck if there is a single cell or the battery broken, worth some single digit $ amount...but can't replace it.

There was a time when cars cost a fortune, and to fix them you had to send them back to the factory, or pay for a special team to come out to you.....

 

 

..........and that is why, as we all know, the automobile never really caught on, and didn't sell in its millions.

 

You people just don't get it do you..........it starts with the super rich (the big guy is King Edward VII) and, as time goes by, the the rest of us get them.

 

Telephones,Televisions........take your pick from the myriad marvels that were once too expensive and too complex..

 

.You.......just......don't........get it.

 

 

 

Edited June 6, 2023 by Enoon

[h90]

55 minutes ago, Enoon said:

There was a time when cars cost a fortune, and to fix them you had to send them back to the factory, or pay for a special team to come out to you.....

 

 

..........and that is why, as we all know, the automobile never really caught on, and didn't sell in its millions.

 

You people just don't get it do you..........it starts with the super rich (the big guy is King Edward VII) and, as time goes by, the the rest of us get them.

 

Telephones,Televisions........take your pick from the myriad marvels that were once too expensive and too complex..

 

.You.......just......don't........get it.

 

 

 

No from the beginning of the mainstream cars (beside some first prototypes that were toys for the super rich) you could fix them yourself.....

Tesla is already mainstream and they make the batteries on purpose not serviceable. Like Mercedes would weld their engine together instead of screwing it together.

Of course that may change with other brands entering. I am not against electric cars, they need a few more years and may be the dominant cars than. Or not if they don't get the batteries cheaper.

 

 

[stratocaster]

Service bill from UK.

[h90]

17 minutes ago, stratocaster said:

Service bill from UK.

And if it would be out of warranty and the battery is broken? Enough reports from people where Tesla wants $20K for a new battery. Some companies can repair the old batteries but the new one are full with glue and can't.