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2015-03-14 03:38:09 UTC
Tesla Motors Inc., the electric-car maker led by billionaire
Elon Musk, said its cutting jobs in China after a local
newspaper reported the company will reduce staff by 30 percent.
Tesla will eliminate some positions as it makes structural
changes to its business in China, Gary Tao, a local spokesman
for the carmaker, said Monday by phone. He said he didnt know
how many jobs will be affected. The Chinese newspaper Economic
Observer reported earlier Tesla will eliminate 180 of the 600
positions at its China unit because sales havent met
expectations.
The purpose is to better respond to the Chinese market, Tao
said. The team remains stable and strong.
The current personnel changes started at the beginning of the
year, Tao said, declining to provide additional details. The
Economic Observer said Teslas local sales department will cut
half its workforce, the most among all its departments,
including marketing, public relations and administrative offices.
Local executives including Veronica Wu, Teslas former China
president, and June Jin, former vice president of
communications, have recently left the company. Musk said in
January sales in China have been slow because of concerns
consumers have over charging electric vehicles.
Tesla, based in Palo Alto, California, started delivering cars
in the worlds largest auto market last year. The company has
nine stores and service centers in six Chinese cities and has
tied up with companies including China Unicom and Soho China
Ltd. to build charging stations.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/foreign/2015/03/
08/tesla-cuts-jobs-china/24632535/
Elon Musk, said its cutting jobs in China after a local
newspaper reported the company will reduce staff by 30 percent.
Tesla will eliminate some positions as it makes structural
changes to its business in China, Gary Tao, a local spokesman
for the carmaker, said Monday by phone. He said he didnt know
how many jobs will be affected. The Chinese newspaper Economic
Observer reported earlier Tesla will eliminate 180 of the 600
positions at its China unit because sales havent met
expectations.
The purpose is to better respond to the Chinese market, Tao
said. The team remains stable and strong.
The current personnel changes started at the beginning of the
year, Tao said, declining to provide additional details. The
Economic Observer said Teslas local sales department will cut
half its workforce, the most among all its departments,
including marketing, public relations and administrative offices.
Local executives including Veronica Wu, Teslas former China
president, and June Jin, former vice president of
communications, have recently left the company. Musk said in
January sales in China have been slow because of concerns
consumers have over charging electric vehicles.
Tesla, based in Palo Alto, California, started delivering cars
in the worlds largest auto market last year. The company has
nine stores and service centers in six Chinese cities and has
tied up with companies including China Unicom and Soho China
Ltd. to build charging stations.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/foreign/2015/03/
08/tesla-cuts-jobs-china/24632535/