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Tesla signs lease on massive Los Angeles facility near Silicon Beach

Tesla has reportedly signed a lease for a 131,000 square feet facility in Marina Del Rey, CA

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Tesla has reportedly signed a lease for a massive 131,000 square feet creative office facility that’s located in an area of Los Angeles best known as Silicon Beach.

Surrounded by the tech hub of Playa Vista where technology giants including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, among a slew of emerging startups that have made Southern California their home, and Venice Beach that has given birth to unicorns like Tinder, The Honest Company, and Snapchat; Tesla’s new location at 4755 Alla Road in Marina Del Rey gives the company presence in one of the hottest real estate markets on the westside.

But it’s not the location’s proximity to Silicon Beach that Tesla finds value in. Rather, the facility’s direct access to state highway 90 and its ample lot size that can support upwards of 400 parked vehicles, likely became the motivating factor for Tesla’s commitment to the $30 million and minimum seven year lease deal. The location could also serve as much needed support for Tesla’s Los Angeles Service Center on Centinela Ave. that has been on double-duty as a delivery center for Model S, Model X, and recent Model 3 deliveries.

Teslarati obtained the following photos of the massive facility on Monday, a day before the new tenant’s official move-in date.

131,000 sqft. facility at 4755 Alla Rd. Marina Del Rey, CA [Teslarati]

Though Tesla did not provide comment on the reported lease agreement, a document filed on September 19, 2017 with the Los Angeles Department of City Planning identify Tesla as the company that requested a “coastal exemption permit” for an illuminated wall sign that reads “TESLA” for the building at 4755 Alla Road.

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Requested Entitlement: NEW ILLUMINATED WALL SIGN FOR ”TESLA”

COASTAL EXEMPTION PERMIT FOR NEW WALL SIGN, 24 FEET 3 INCHES BY 2 FEET 3 INCHES, REVERSE CHANNEL HALO LIT ILLUMINATION, READING ”TESLA”. SIGN IS APPROXIMATELY 17 FEET FROM FINISHED GRADE.

Applicant: [ Company: TESLA]

The gated main entry to the facility boasts an expansive parking lot that’s large enough to hold at least one-hundred vehicles. In addition, the building has a secured subterranean parking garage with entry on the east end of the building along Alla Road. The north end of the building, where the loading docks reside, is adjacent to a community park that’s separated by a chain-link fence. Presumably, another hundred or more vehicles can park in the lot running the length of the building, as well as behind it.

According to the building description as seen in past property listings, the facility features a 22′ clear-height ceiling with exposed beams and ideal for creative office space use. It’s not clear what Tesla might be using this facility for, but one could argue that the facility would be best suited for use as a second service and delivery center in Los Angeles. This is especially the case as the company aims to support the thousands of new Model 3 vehicles being purchased and soon delivered to Southern Californians.

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Tesla clears the air on Cybertruck ‘deactivation’ video that is obviously fake

Tesla has cleared the air on the viral video, stating it is fake.

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Tesla has cleared the air regarding a video that has been circulating, where the owner claims his Cybertruck was “deactivated” by the company while he was driving.

The video was shared on X and showed a driver pulled over on the side of the road, claiming his Cybertruck had been deactivated by Tesla in the middle of traffic. It is very obviously fake to those who know the company, but these kinds of things have a tendency to pick up steam.

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The video shows a screen that says:

“Tesla Cybertruck De-Activated. Critical Issue Detected | Contact Customer Service, Comply with Cease & Desist to Re-Activate. Update Failed, Return to Dealer.”

The same person who posted the video also shared an image of what appears to be a Cease and Desist letter from Tesla, but it is also likely fake:

The company finally responded to the video on Monday afternoon, stating that the video is, in fact, fake, reiterating that it will not disable vehicles remotely for any reason.

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It is a shame that these types of things happen, especially as people are prone to believe anything they see on the internet. As there is so much misinformation circulating surrounding Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk, it is no surprise that someone would leverage the situation for their own benefit.

If that Cease and Desist letter is not real, perhaps the next one might be. These types of things can truly cause damage to a company’s reputation, and someone getting an idea that Tesla would remotely deactivate a car could prevent them from buying one.

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Elon Musk is stepping up for Tesla Service in a big way

Elon Musk has stepped up to resolve a handful of customer issues regarding vehicle service.

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Elon Musk is stepping up to help customers in a big way, especially when they are having issues with Tesla’s Service.

Perhaps one of the biggest advantages Tesla owners have is access to Musk through X, his social media platform. Over the years, we’ve seen Tesla add features, refine its cars’ performance, and more, all through asking Musk directly through a post.

Now, Musk is stepping up in another way by resolving a few Service complaints that customers had.

The first occurred last week when a recall on a Tesla battery was not honored by Service. The company sought $30,000 for a replacement and labor, which was not right. Musk responded that he would personally investigate the matter. The vehicle was fixed at no cost as it was a recall, and was ready for pickup the next day.

It also revealed a new strategy Tesla is using to combat service communication issues:

Tesla creates clever solution to simplify and improve its Service

The next occurred with a Cybertruck owner who was in Japan. Their car was parked at an airport in the U.S. and had lost a vast majority of its state of charge, leaving them just fifty miles of range at the time.

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Musk reached out to the owner and said Service will take care of the car and will investigate the cause of the battery drain:

There are not too many companies out there where the CEO will get involved with individual issues like these. It’s pretty exclusive to Tesla, as Musk has commonly stepped up to resolve complaints with vehicles or to confront features that some owners might find useful.

Service has been a weak point of the company for some time, but it has worked to refine and resolve customer complaints by building more Service Centers across the world that can handle these issues.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirms Robotaxi is opening to the public: here’s when

Anyone will be able to request a Tesla Robotaxi in September, Elon Musk said this morning.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that the company’s Robotaxi platform is opening to the public, and he even gave a timeline for when anyone will be able to access one for a ride.

Tesla’s Robotaxi platform launched to a small group on June 22 in Austin, Texas. The company has continued to expand the number of riders and its geofence over the past month and a half.

Tesla officially launches Robotaxi service with no driver

Additionally, it launched rides in the Bay Area of California, but it differs slightly, as the Texas Robotaxi platform does not utilize a Safety Monitor in the driver’s seat. In California, the monitor sits in the driver’s seat.

As the geofence, service areas, and testing populations expand, Tesla fans are awaiting their elusive emails that enable their ability to use the Robotaxi platform. It now seems that the email will come soon, as Musk said Tesla will open up public access to Robotaxi next month:

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Tesla has been prioritizing safety over anything else with the launch of the Robotaxi platform, which is why it has been slow to push invitations to new riders. It is confident in the abilities of the platform and its Full Self-Driving suite, which has been proven with data.

However, even a single accident could set Tesla back years in terms of its development of self-driving cars. It is not a risk it is willing to take.

Musk said during the recent Q2 Earnings Call:

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“We need to make sure it works when the vehicles are fully under our control. It’s kind of one step at a time here. We don’t want to jump the gun. As I said, we’re being paranoid about safety. But I guess next year is I’d say confidently next year. I’m not sure when next year, but confidently next year, people would be able to add or subtract their car to the Tesla, Inc. fleet.”

As the platform will expand in Austin and the Bay Area for anyone, Tesla still continues to reiterate that Robotaxi will be available for everyone sometime next year, as Musk said in the quote above.

Things will continue to improve over time, and Tesla will likely expand its geofence in both regions in the coming weeks. It has already done that in Austin twice, with about a doubling in size occurring both times.

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