Tesla Factory Tour + Sponsorship?

[seg9585]

I would personally be interested in driving a Tesla around for a day, assuming the price is fair. They keep claiming you can drive LA to Vegas with a quick supercharge in Barstow. I would accept the challenge.

[Ankit S.]

Being from the same city as the Tesla Factory (Fremont, CA FTW!), we contacted them last year to see if they would be willing to sponsor us and got a similar response.

While they were unable to offer us a monetary sponsorship, they did donate ~40 really cool Tesla water bottles. If OP's team is really auctioning/raffling them off, I would recommend them to pretty much anyone (unless you already have a surplus of reusable metal water bottles).

Good luck with the auction/raffle!

EDIT:Obligatory 200th post edit. Only 54 more till a major milestone!

[philso]

Originally Posted by seg9585

I would personally be interested in driving a Tesla around for a day, assuming the price is fair. They keep claiming you can drive LA to Vegas with a quick supercharge in Barstow. I would accept the challenge.

Go to the Tesla website and sign up for a test drive. It was a really fun car to drive.

Here in Texas, they are not allowed to sell cars in their stores. Consequently, the Telsa reps (they are not salesmen in the normal sense) never pressure you to buy. They don't even give you prices. They refer you to the website. My impression is that Tesla is in an "evangelical mode" and are not too worried about selling to every person who goes for a test drive.

My boss went on a test drive after I told him about it. Afterward, as he and his wife were walking to the parking lot, she said "let do this." Last Monday, he drove his wife's brand new Tesla to work. He told me he didn't know whether he should be happy with me or mad at me. She told him not to worry about the cost of the car because she spent his retirement money on it. I am not sure if I will be getting a raise this next April

[dcarr]

Originally Posted by philso

My impression is that Tesla is in an "evangelical mode" and are not too worried about selling to every person who goes for a test drive.

Correct - they are production-constrained and are selling every car they can make, with thousands of orders backlogged worldwide. A good problem to have, but ramping up production to the scale required is not an easy task.

Driving a Model S will put a grin on your face like nothing else. The 60 is so ridiculously fast already I can't imagine what the P85+ feels like.

OP, would definitely be interested in bidding on/buying some TSLA swag from you guys, keep us updated.