Electromobility: According to reports, Tesla is cutting thousands of jobs – including in Germany

The US electric car manufacturer Tesla reportedly wants to cut more than one in ten jobs worldwide. Tesla boss Elon Musk announced the job cuts in an internal communication, several media outlets such as the tech publication reported electrek and that Handelsblatt citing the letter.

Accordingly, 14,000 jobs worldwide will be affected by the job cuts. “This will make us lean, innovative and hungry for the next phase of growth,” Musk writes, according to reports. He hates the step, but it is necessary. Loud Handelsblatt is also the German location in Grünheide affected by job cuts. Around 3,000 of the 12,500 employees there would be laid off, the newspaper reported, citing two internal sources.

Tesla will present figures next week

It was said that with the rapid growth of the past few years, there had been duplication of functions in some areas Electrek in Musk’s email. According to its own information, the automobile company employed around 140,000 people at the end of last year.

Tesla will present its figures for the past quarter next week. The US company is with one significant decline in sales started the year and is currently feeling the effects of competition on the largest car market, China.

Tesla delivered almost 387,000 fewer vehicles in the first quarter than a year earlier. Even before that, doubts about the market’s pace of growth had increased following years of strong growth.