90 Years in the Making: Tesla Motors Opens LA Showroom
Most of the conversations I overhear at car events sound something like, “So then we iteratively ran the variables in Simulink and found the optimum regen rate to be, blah, blah, blah,” instead of “Oh, how nice to see you, Daryl!” As in Daryl Hannah. Quincy Jones was holding court in a corner — as a jazz fan, I recognized him, but honestly, I have no idea who Jenny McCarthy is and believe she was standing nearby only because somebody told me. And, I must say, these people don’t appear to be buying their clothes at J.C Penny’s, either. Next time, Angus or Art — guys in the know — really need to accompany me to these Tesla Motors events to point out the celebrities, tell me their names, and what movies they’re in. Me, I’m a tech guy. Burt Rutan, I’d recognize. The last movie I saw was a documentary about how Steinway makes grand pianos (it takes a year!). Still, being there made some sort of sense, I guess, because, after all, this was the grand opening of Tesla’s new Los Angeles showroom on Santa Monica Boulevard.