Tesla has formally opened its first retailer and showroom in Qatar, after the automaker initially launched gross sales within the nation late final 12 months.
The brand new Tesla retailer was introduced by Supply Operations Supervisor Momo Elmegrahi in a LinkedIn submit on Friday, together with photographs of the positioning. The Tesla retailer is situated in Doha, on the Doha Pageant Metropolis mall, and it’s open seven days every week, in response to Tesla’s web site.
“This milestone marks a big step in our mission to speed up the world’s transition to sustainable vitality,” Elmegrahi writes within the submit. “Our Qatar retailer will present clients with the chance to expertise and buy our cutting-edge autos, together with the Mannequin S, Mannequin 3, Mannequin X, and Mannequin Y.”
Qatar has the fourth-highest gross home product (GDP) per capita on this planet, being properly often called one of many world’s largest exporters of oil and pure gasoline. As Elmegrahi appears to reference in his submit, the nation gaining an electrical automobile (EV) firm appears like an vital step towards electrification.
Like most of Tesla different shops, clients in Qatar will now have the ability to go to the positioning to see and buy the automaker’s autos in particular person, schedule demo drives, and extra. The corporate can be aiming to open two Supercharger areas within the capitol metropolis someday this 12 months, and the shop’s opening follows Tesla’s preliminary launch of auto gross sales within the nation in December.
Tesla additionally put in a Megapack system for the Qatar Normal Electrical energy and Water Company in 2020, situated at a website south of Doha in Nuaija. The challenge value round $2.7 million, and building on the 1 MW/4 MWh challenge took a few 12 months.
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