The shaky week of Tesla Israel - Walla! vehicle

2021-08-12T13:50:44.110Z

Tesla Israel continues to grow and develop at an accelerated pace, with another 1,700 cars being delivered these days, more charging stations and now renting new offices in Tel Aviv

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The shaky week of Tesla Israel

As it leads in electric vehicle sales, opens new charging sites and rents offices in the high-tech stronghold in Tel Aviv, Tesla continues to be based in Israel and we also have a wild gamble

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Tesla cars in the storage hangar in the first shipment (Photo: SH)

And along with the addition of these cars, the company is also expanding the deployment of its fast charging stations, the "superchargers", which provide a rate of 250 kilowatts (except for the stations in Eilat where they are of the 150 kilowatt type). What started as charging stations in Azrieli, has expanded to Haifa and now also covers Afula, Mitzpe Ramon and Eilat. According to the manufacturer's cargo map, additional locations to be opened in the coming months include Tiberias (current quarter), Herzliya (last quarter of 2021), Petah Tikva (second quarter 2022), Jerusalem (last quarter 2021), Kiryat Gat (first quarter 2021) , Beer Sheva (first quarter of 2022), Neve Zohar near the Dead Sea (second quarter of 2022) and one strange location - Anaba Interchange at the intersection of Roads 1 and 431 in Tesla, where Modiin is located (current quarter).

At this stage, the company does not charge a usage fee for its chargers and these are intended for the company's customers only, but these two will change in the future, when the company will start charging a shekel per kilowatt rate (lower than with other charging companies).

The second change will be when these stations are opened for use by all electric vehicles.

This is after Elon Musk's statement that this is where the manufacturer is headed.

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"Supercharger" position currently for the company's customers and for free, soon for a fee and for everyone (Photo: Manufacturer's website)

The company's third move this month comes today, when the management of Atidim Park announced that the company has rented offices in a complex that is considered one of the Israeli high-tech strongholds. As far as we know, those who have been sitting there since yesterday are the management and headquarters of the company that has so far operated from its service center in Petah Tikva.

"We are pleased that Tesla is joining the forefront of our automotive companies at the park," says Sagi Niv, CEO of Atidim Park. Transport ".

The choice of Atidim Park, similar to choosing to locate the global company headquarters in the heart of Silicon Valley, may indicate that Tesla needs more than four walls for regular headquarters offices and that the company also has ambitions or plans to integrate, or at least be close to, the auto industry's nerve center. Local Tech.

Those who are already there are the innovation labs of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, and a number of local startups in the field of smart transport.