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Tesla Dealership Under Construction On Nine Mile Road
March 3, 2025
A new Tesla sales and service center is in the works on NIne Mile Road.
The business is located in the former Virginia College, adjacent to Ollie’s a new Aldi that will open next week.
[RELATED STORY: Grand Opening Date Set For Nine Mile Aldi Store]
According to documents filed with Escambia County, the Drake Service and Sales facility will be 42,208 square feet, with a majority of the building will be used for servicing, preparing, and selling new and used vehicles. The building will have a small showroom and lounge for potential customers to inspect vehicles and speak with salespeople regarding electric vehicles, solar panels and batteries.
Documents state that there will be no body work or paint conducted on the property, and no batteries will be stores on site.
An opening date for the dealership has not been announced.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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10 Responses to “Tesla Dealership Under Construction On Nine Mile Road”
So yes batteries can catch fire but most happen from accidents or defects we keep lithium batteries in our homes in cell phones and other electronics that catch fire more than an EV does and it’s rare still. But as a mechanic combustion cars can catch fire as well in fact they are 20 times more likely to catch fire than an EV. Also stated above that they will not be stored on site anyway I get it some people worry out of fear of what they don’t know and other just hate cause it’s not social excepted among their peers. The olive road service station is not a grave yard for teslas yes there are some that are there to be repaired but they also have teslas for sale, loaners and demo units. I’ve had a tesla for over 2 years now all I’ve had to have replaced was a charge door. If you don’t like tesla then don’t shop at tesla just like a chevy guy most likely won’t shop at ford and a ford guy most likley won’t shop at chevy.
There’s one place I’ll never have to worry over stopping or shopping at.
If it breaks down go to olive rd there is a grave yard of Tesla’s !! Looks like maybe 200 – 500 vehicles just broken down
@Jack H
Actually, the batteries rarely ever need to be replaced as they typically last the life of the vehicle, around 200-250k miles. They don’t keep batteries sitting around just like traditional dealerships don’t keep crate engines sitting around. I’m sure they will be repairing other minor things though, like suspension parts and infotainment stuff.
Wondering if they’ll have multiple charging stations for these vehicles?
Seems we see a few places downtown and other places for charging yet few of these energy suckers hooked up.
Do they hire mechanics or electricians for the shop?
I like dinosaur juice….
@JackH …. it’s a safety issue. God forbid if one of the batteries catch on fire, they all catch on fire, destroying the building, which also hurts all the other businesses in that connected shopping center. Having batteries stores off site helps protect all those businesses. I know of a couple tire shops that keeps tires off site. When someone needs a certain tire, they drive a few miles to their warehouse. It’s fairly common and nothing out of the ordinary – especially when these batteries can weigh 1,000+ pounds and take up tons of space.
Awesome! Love my Tesla Model Y.
Why?
Help me understand how you can service an electric car and not have any batteries stored on site? Is that not the number 1 thing that needs replacement on a routine basis? Don’t the cars have batteries and won’t they also be stored on site, prior to sale and service? This doesn’t make any sense.
Wow.
So glad to see this. Now I have a more realistic option of never owning one.