Tesla Enter the catering sector is preparing to open a training restaurant in Los Angeles.
This new location would allow guests to eat and watch movies on an outdoor screen while loading their electric vehicles. But like the New York Times (NYT) reported Friday, March 21, the opening of the restaurant fell on a roadblock: the CEO of Tesla.
Elon Musk’s involvement in the Trump administration Government Department of Effectiveness (DOGE) transformed his automotive company into a lightning rod, provoking demonstrations among Tesla dealers as well as some cases of vandalism. Meanwhile, Tesla sales slide.
According to the NYT, it did to find leaders something of a challenge. For example, Caroline Styna and Suzanne Goin, owners of the Lucca group Los Angeles restaurants decided not to operate the restaurant in 2023.
At the time, the reasons were economic. But now Stynes said that she had changed her mind on the automotive company, recently exchanging her Tesla for an electric BMW.
Maximum blockfounder of the Los Angeles Hospitality Communications Agency Carving benchtold the NYT that any chief should take into account the reputation of Musk before agreeing to cook for the Tesla Diner.
At the same time, a dinner where customers can watch movies while eating food brought by roller coaches on wheels – something Musk suggested – would appeal to “a culture where people dine for experiences,” said Block.
In other news of electric vehicles (EV), the CEO of Pymnts Karen Webster wrote last week on the “Potential platform misses ” Faced with industry, motivated by several factors. Chief among them: charge anxiety, concern among consumers of the limited lifespan of the EV battery and the rarity of charging stations.
“Although criticism reject this as exaggerated, the fear of run out of power Without practical load options reflects legitimate infrastructure gaps in the EV ecosystem, “wrote Webster.
American motorists, added the report, got used to being able to feed in less than five minutes in the 145,000 service stations and more, generally found in practical places and offering a number of pumps.
“In comparison, there are around 53,000 friendly stations across the country – with 130,000 load ports – and they are unequally distributed and not so easy to find,” wrote Webster. “It creates enormous uncertainty, which increases anxiety.”