"We [...] look forward to following through on our
commitment to introduce consumers to electric vehicle
technology in an open, friendly, no-pressure environment,"
Elon Musk, Tesla co-founder and CEO, said in the statement.
Is it no pressure because they make so few that there's a lineup of people waiting to pay full MSRP?
The way the stores are currently set up (or: at least the one in San Diego), the employees can't sell you a car and they don't make any commission or 'referral bonus' or such. It's literally a car, a partial battery assembly frame, and some logo-ized mugs & shirts. Hence there's literally 0 pressure because nobody there can sell you a car. The gal I spoke with was very well informed (even knew the OS that ran the car's dashboard!) but wasn't even bringing up her own 'talking points' -- she gave me a cursory overview & then answered all of my questions.
