https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2019/04/05/tesla-car-owners-iowa-des-moines-auto-body-shop-network-can-get-their-cars-fixed-now-clive/3375461002/ Need your Tesla fixed? Iowa's first authorized body shop is in the Des Moines area April 5, 2019 Linh Ta
[image https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/03/15/USAT/74edbc61-2362-4d16-9efb-7a1435225f1b-4906.jpg Tesla CEO Elon Musk walks beside the new Tesla Model Y at its unveiling in Hawthorne, Calif. on March 14, 2019. Tesla introduced a new electric sports utility vehicle slightly bigger and more expensive than its Model 3, pitched as an electric car for the masses. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk showed off the "Model Y" late Thursday, March 14, 2019, at the company's design studio in the southern California city of Hawthorne, and the company began taking orders online. (Photo: Frederic J. Brown, AFP/Getty Images) video flash Tesla owner, Joseph Brazzle, allows individuals to ride or drive the high-end electric vehicle around Des Moines ] Iowans who had wanted to get their Tesla fixed were having to send it out-of-state for the nearest authorized body shop to get new parts or repairs. We're talking Kansas City or Chicago, here. But Willis Automotive, a Clive car dealership and auto body shop, just became the state's first Tesla-Approved Body Shop Network facility — meaning the luxury electric car company is willing to send parts and have repairs done at the shop. "There's definitely a demand," said Jason Willis, fixed operations director at Willis Automotive. More car manufacturers are relying on aluminum, rather than steel, to build and produce their vehicles. Luxury brands such as Cadillac, Jaguar and Tesla are already pushing out aluminum cars because of the material's light weight and stronger durability. The shift requires more training and specialized equipment to be able to fix these cars. Not all body shops have both on hand. Willis Automotive reached out to Tesla about becoming an authorized shop and purchased certified Tesla repairs equipment for its cars and electric battery packs. The authorization required more than 50 hours of online training and several weeks of offsite training to qualify, Willis said. The early fruits: Already, six Tesla owners have dropped off their vehicles for maintenance at the shop this week. Tesla has received criticism for owners because of its long wait for repairs and lack of service centers, according to CNBC. This process is only the beginning of specialized training for workers in the auto industry, Willis said. As vehicles utilize aluminum and more technology such as automatic braking systems, body shops will need to keep up. "It’s the wave of the future manufacturers are going," Willis said. "The welding must be precise on these vehicles. [© desmoinesregister.com] + https://www.androidpit.com/fiat-to-pay-tesla-millions-avoiding-eu-emission-fines Fiat to pay Tesla millions to avoid EU emission fines April 8, 2019 Fiat is about to make a deal with electric car manufacturer Tesla. The two companies want to merge their fleets in Europe ... registered vehicles combined with Tesla's purely electric vehicles in order to comply with the European limit values for carbon dioxide emissions ... https://fscl01.fonpit.de/userfiles/7066884/image/fiat.jpg For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
