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- The electric carmaker is building a drive-in charging station in Los Angeles.
- People will be able to watch 30-min programs and get food while they charge.
- The plan comes at a time of uncertainty at Tesla.
Tesla is giving new meaning to the term “drive-through.”
The electric carmaker recently filed paperwork to open up a 24-hour restaurant and theater where Tesla owners can charge their cars in Los Angeles, California. Designs for the restaurant lay out a 9,300 square-foot venue, with a 3,800 square-foot first floor and a 5,500 square-foot outdoor seating area on the second floor, with bars on both floors. The plan is intended to make the car charging experience more enjoyable and encourage electric vehicle adoption.
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Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, tweeted about his dream for the restaurant in January 2018, saying: “Gonna put an old school drive-in, roller skates & rock restaurant at one of the new Tesla Supercharger locations in LA.”
The restaurant will reportedly include a “car-hop” service that will allow customers to dine-in. From 7am to 11pm, drivers will be able to charge their vehicles while watching 30-minute programs on one of two movie screens. The screens will be decorated to resemble a bamboo landscape.
The news of a Tesla restaurant comes at a tumultuous time for Tesla. Tesla allegedly made a $250,000 payment to a flight attendant for SpaceX, the aerospace company started by Musk, over a sexual misconduct claim.The attendant claimed that Musk exposed himself to the flight attendant and then propositioned her.
Meanwhile, Musk is making an effort to purchase Twitter. Musk attempted a “hostile takeover” of the social media platform. After revealing that he held a 9% stake in Twitter, Musk offered to buy the company for $44 billion, or $54.20 per share in the company. Twitter accepted the offer, but Musk has since thrown the acquisition into doubt with claims over the number of bots on the social media site.
Broader market volatility has also affected Tesla’s share price, which has fallen in recent weeks. Shares in the electric vehicle company have decreased by about a third in price, declining to $645 from $1,000 per share.