Tesla Nearing Finish Line On 1st Bucks Co. Dealership

WARMINSTER, PA —Tesla is motoring toward the finish line on construction of its first dealership and service center in Bucks County.

"Tesla is starting to head into the final stretch," Township Zoning Officer Mike Italia told Patch Wednesday. "We should have a better idea in the next few weeks of an opening date."

Italia said construction is progressing quickly on the Pathmark property on York Road. Drake Motors Partners representatives said that Tesla wants the project completed and the dealership opened by year's end.

The Tesla dealership will be the first in Bucks County. Tesla has dealerships in King of Prussia, Devon, and Lawrence, N.J.

The project's cost is estimated between $6-8 million.

The 56,000-square-foot building sits on 9 acres across the street from Archbishop Wood High School and near Street Road. It had been considered by Lidl for another grocery store.

The Tesla dealership and repair garage service center could add 30-40 local jobs.

Its operating hours would be 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and closed Sunday.

There would be a service area with space for two rows of parking, an alignment center, a storage area for tires, windshield wipers, fluids, and other auto supplies.

The front would feature a waiting area and showroom featuring two Tesla vehicles people can examine, a car wash area, and two loading areas for deliveries.

Service and repairs would happen in the building by appointment only. The repair area would have 18 lifts. Vehicles would be purchased online with appointments made for pickup.

Tesla, the car company led by CEO Elon Musk, models itself on clean energy and designs and manufactures electric vehicles, battery energy storage from home to grid-scale, solar panels, and solar roof tiles.