While it's still prevented from opening up full stores in the state, Tesla has found a way to better service some of its Michigan customers – by opening up a shop just across the border in Ohio.
The California-based automaker opened a service center in Toledo, Ohio, Automotive News reported Wednesday. Toledo is about 60 miles southeast of Detroit and not far from the Michigan border. While there is a Tesla gallery in the Metro Detroit area, the company has been barred from opening a sales and service center in the state since 2014, when then-Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation that pretty much prevented the automaker's direct sales model in Michigan.
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