Elon Musk is now building a Tesla drive-in diner and movie theater
Published on Aug 28, 2023 at 4:00 PM (UTC+4)
by Kate Bain
Last updated on Aug 31, 2023 at 10:02 AM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Kate Bain
Elon Musk is expanding his empire with a Tesla diner and drive-in movie theater.
Yep, Tesla has reportedly been approved to build its Diner and Drive-In Movie Supercharger in Los Angeles.
It comes five years after Musk first teased the concept.
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“Gonna put an old school drive-in, roller skates and rock restaurant at one of the new Tesla supercharger locations in LA,” he said.
“We can just have the menu pop up (on your touch screen) as soon as you put the car into park.”
Then in 2021, Musk teased the diner again, this time saying it was coming soon.
“Major new supercharger station coming to Santa Monica soon! Hoping to have 50s diner and 100 best movie clips playing too,” he said.
And just like the long-awaited, over-hyped Tesla Cybertruck, it appears the diner might too become a reality because the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety just gave it the green light, according to Teslarati.
Twitter users are now creating their own renders of what they think the Tesla diner will look like:
Tesla reportedly acquired a $16 million plot on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood last year before the concept was approved.
Designed for Tesla drivers to recharge their EVs, it will have 32 supercharger stalls, a restaurant with rooftop seating, and two movie theaters.
While the diner is just about as far from car production as you can get, Musk has never been one to shy away from new business ventures.
The billionaire owns a bunch of different companies including SpaceX and Twitter (now X).
And just last month, he announced the formation of a new artificial intelligence company, called xAI.
Musk said the goal of xAI was to “understand the true nature of the universe”.
So, considering he’s now using AI to try to understand the universe, he should have no trouble setting up a drive-in diner.
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Kate is Lead Editor, overseeing coverage across automotive, tech, and lifestyle content on the site. She has more than 10 years’ experience as a journalist and news editor, having worked across a range of major publications including News Corp, Daily Mail Australia, and Sky News. Kate holds a Bachelor of Business Management from University of Queensland and a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism from Queensland University of Technology. She has been with Supercar Blondie since 2020 and played a key role in establishing supercarblondie.com as a leading automotive news destination.
