In a tweet published on Saturday, @saskevca reveals that Tesla is looking for sales advisors in Saskatoon and Winnipeg in Canada.
The information comes directly from the official Tesla website, where two new job listings for a Tesla Advisor (Sales) can be found — one in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and the other in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
.@Tesla is looking for sales advisors in Saskatoon and Winnipeg! #yxe ⚡️https://t.co/n47SktkJK2
— SaskEV (@saskevca) October 17, 2020
Since sales advisors assist potential customers at retail locations, it can be said with some confidence that Tesla intends to launch sales and delivery centres in both cities.
Adding to its arsenal of sales and delivery centres, Tesla could quite possibly be gearing up for even more deliveries in Q4 2020 than it managed to rack up in Q3.
With Tesla altering its “Carrier Direct” policy to make it so it no longer delivers cars to your home if you live too far away from a Tesla showroom, this is good news — not only for residents of Saskatoon and Winnipeg but for Tesla owners and enthusiasts all over the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
According to the job listing, Tesla is looking for an “energetic, highly organized, and hard working” sales advisor to “support customers from the moment they walk into our showrooms to learn about Tesla through to their delivery day experience.”
Image: Screenshot from Tesla.com
Image: Screenshot from Tesla.com
Neither posting reveals exactly where either location will be, but the Tesla’s offerings should be available in both Saskatoon and Winnipeg soon, judging by the fact that they’re already hiring for both locations.
A recent contact I had with with Tesla Canada confirms that they are hiring for a sales/service centre in Winnipeg. Good news! Hopefully it won’t take too long to open and they’ll offer a lease program in that province.
Awesome news! Do you mean beyond existing leasing programs from Tesla?
I don’t know about Saskatchewan but in Manitoba Tesla doesn’t have a leasing program. That is one of the reasons (aside from the reported stiff ride, road and wind noise) I’ve held back on Tesla Model 3 to this point. With the rapid advance of technology, depreciation rates are not as predictable as with an ICE propelled car. I’d rather give Tesla some interest and let them eat the depreciation in 4 years when a replacement Model 3 has 200 miles more range, better suspension and quieter interior (if that comes to pass). If there are no improvements, I can just buy it out.
In addition, with no local service centre, you need to travel to go pick your car up when it arrives (or pay $1,000 to a private carrier to bring it to you) and I’m told by Tesla that currently a “ranger” travels from southern Ontario to fix cars in Manitoba. I saw a new Model 3 with a non functioning tail light and asked Tesla how long it would typically take to get that type of repair completed. he said “10 days”. That’s a lot of tickets wheel waiting for a repair.
Tesla’s leases are done from the company itself, not its service or sales centres. If you go to Tesla’s website, you will see leasing options for Model 3 in Manitoba. I do agree waiting for a closer service centre to pop up will be more helpful.
Despite what the Tesla site shows on the build page, as of this date Tesla will not write a lease in Manitoba on any model. I suspect it has to do with how they manage returns without a sales center, but who knows. You can lease in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta and those provinces have sales centres so maybe there is something to it.