Tesla opens additional 'experience store' in Thailand

After launching its first showroom and repair middle in Thailand earlier this yr, Tesla has launched a further retailer within the nation’s capital metropolis.

Tesla Asia introduced the brand new “expertise retailer” on X on Tuesday, together with three photographs of the Central Bangkok web site. The shop is situated on the Siam Paragon shopping center, and it could now be seen on Tesla’s “Find Us” web page on the tackle 991 Rama I Rd. The shop is the second of Tesla’s showrooms within the nation after the automaker debuted its first, a multi-level facility additionally situated in Bangkok, earlier this yr.

The publish reveals three photographs of the shop, together with a crimson Mannequin 3 Highland and a white Mannequin Y on show. It’s also possible to see a couple of giant shows which seemingly embody details about the Tesla’s autos.

The brand new retailer is about 17.5 kilometers (~10.8 miles) from Tesla’s first retailer in Thailand, which was opened in June and is on the jap aspect of Bangkok. The preliminary location is housed in a former Toyota showroom, that includes a five-level facility together with a retailer, a showroom, a elements warehouse, and a Supercharging station.

The arrival of Tesla’s second retailer in Thailand additionally follows ongoing discussions between the automaker and Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.

Thavisin met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk earlier this yr, and the official has met with executives from the corporate a number of instances since that assembly.

Thavisin lately revealed that Tesla executives are on the lookout for a 790-acre plot of land in Thailand, the place they plan to construct a producing facility.

Early final month, Thavisin visited Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California, earlier than executives from the U.S. automaker flew to Thailand later in November. Thavisin went on to report that Tesla was contemplating an funding of round $5 billion in Thailand, including that the automaker was seeking a 790-acre plot of land in the country.

Tesla has also been holding walk-in recruitment events in Bangkok since as early as September 2022, and the automaker nonetheless has a handful of job listings on its careers page for roles within the metropolis.

Regardless of hiring in Thailand properly over a yr in the past, Tesla’s first customer-ordered Model 3 and Model Y units were only delivered in the country in February of this yr, as delivered from the corporate’s Gigafactory in Shanghai, China.