Tesla adding 3,000 workers in expansion of Nevada plant

Tesla introduced Tuesday that it plans to rent an extra 3,000 staff as a part of a plant growth in Nevada. 

The corporate mentioned in a weblog put up that it’ll make investments $3.6 billion to develop its plant with the brand new hires and two new factories, one that may be capable of produce sufficient electrical batteries for 1.5 million mild obligation autos yearly and one other to supply Tesla’s Semi, a totally electrical mixture truck. 

It mentioned the corporate has invested $6.2 billion in Nevada since 2014 and constructed a 5.4 million-square-foot “Gigafactory” to supply battery cells, battery packs, drive models and vitality modules. 

The Wall Road Journal reported that Tesla not too long ago filed paperwork to take a position $775 million to doubtlessly broaden an electrical car plant in Austin, Texas. 

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has mentioned the corporate might add as much as a dozen new factories as a part of its objective to extend manufacturing to promote 20 million autos annually by 2030, the Journal reported. 

Tesla has struggled financially all through the previous 12 months because of lockdowns from the COVID-19 pandemic and pandemic-related provide chain points. It laid off 200 Autopilot staff and closed its workplace in San Mateo, Calif., in June. 

Musk instructed Tesla executives weeks earlier than the layoffs that they need to pause hirings and minimize their headcount by 10 p.c. 

Tesla inventory costs have additionally considerably dropped since Musk took over Twitter, and the price of Tesla merchandise has dropped by 1000’s of {dollars} as customers have slowed their spending.