Went to my Toyota dealer today. Got a comment from a low level employee that they haven't had any more than 6 cars on the lot since covid started and every one is pre-sold.
There's a difference between a dealer lot and a loading lot for cars in transit. Charlotte, NC has a freight rail hub.
He said it had a Tesla logo or name on the building. So could be a delivery lot, could be a service lot, could be a loading lot.
Was it by an Audi and Infiniti dealer. Charlotte-Matthews | Tesla It's a showroom and service center. Since these are company owned, Tesla could use it as a staging area for cars in transit to elsewhere or the new owners.
Google maps overhead shot shows how big that one is and it could well be being used for employees, service, demo and transit or some combo. My local Toyota dealer's lot is about 1/3 full with used cars and service vehicles about the only thing there. New cars are gone in hours to their new owners.
It's an independent dealer though. An end point for cars as Toyota is concerned. Any cars Toyota has in transit, coming off a train, will be moved to a lot Toyota owns. Toyota can't just dump cars in transit onto a dealer to hold while waiting for a truck going to their final destination at another dealer. Tesla can do that, and they are very likely doing so at this Charlotte location instead paying for another lot to hold cars coming off the train. An auto carrier truck at any other brand's dealer is making a final delivery to that dealer. That can't be assumed to be true of the cars being unloaded at a Tesla store. Tesla can use a their store lots as holding lots.
