Portal “Autoreview” reports that the company is Tesla Motors going to open their first showroom in Moscow by the end of 2017 or early 2018. The head of the company Tesla Club Moscow Alexey eremchuk noted that at the moment, Tesla Motors is preparing for the official release on the Russian market. Eremchuk explained that Tesla Motors there are two options for legalization in the Russian market: the first is to certify, prepare, add in all cars support GLONASS and begin full-time work in Russia in the beginning of 2018, giving Tesla Club Moscow the status of an official service. The second option is possible in case if Tesla Club Moscow will receive the status of official importer and will start selling this year, without waiting for the appearance in Moscow flagship store.
The passage of the products certification for our market — the process is quite complicated and long, so still need to work on many nuances. In addition to the construction of its office and showroom, Tesla is going to create a network of charging stations Supercharger. Now, according to the Eremchuk, Tesla is seeking land on which these stations will be placed in the future. At the moment chargers Supercharger in Russia is quite small — only a few pieces, but the manufacturer of electric cars plans to put them along the main roads with the interval of 150-300 kilometers. It is expected that the first charging terminals will be on the road from Moscow to St. Petersburg and Finland.
Tesla Motors will open an official Russian representative office
Vyacheslav Larionov