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Tesla profits nosedive as more job cuts announced (www.bbc.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Tesla has seen its profits more than halve this year, and says it will bring forward the launch of new models after announcing thousands of job cuts to try to reverse its fortunes.

Despite plans to bring forward new models originally planned for next year the firm is cutting its workforce.

Tesla said it would lose 3,332 jobs in California and 2,688 positions in Texas, starting mid-June.

The cuts in Texas represent 12% of Tesla's total workforce of almost 23,000 in the area where its gigafactory and headquarters are located.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Weren’t people estimating a *2027 end for Tesla bc they haven’t been working on new models? They put their efforts into the meme "truck" instead of the roadster. They have been slashing prices yet demand for EVs, especially theirs has been dropping. All the while, their main spokesman has been a toxic deterrent. Meanwhile, these douchelords think The ceo should get a $56B payout?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The roadster was the only Tesla I liked, and it’s no coincidence that it was pre-Elon.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's based on a lotus design, so yeah it's got some great parentage.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

The original roadster is just a lotus Elise with a terrible DIY EV mod thrown in to it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Weren’t people estimating a 2007 end for Tesla bc they haven’t been working on new models? They put their efforts into the meme “truck”

What? How is that supposed to make any kind of sense?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

There were no efforts put into the "meme "truck"" in 2007, it wasn't even speculated on being made yet. There were speculations back in 2007 that Tesla might not make it, because they had financial problems. But those speculations have zero relevance today.
Your post is nonsensical.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don’t know exactly what you’re asking, sorry. Could you clarify?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Did you mean 2017 or 2027? I don't think Tesla existed back in 2007.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

I'd guess 2027, since all the stuff mentioned are things that are culminating more recently.

That said, the company's best long term asset is probably the charging network. Especially since other manufacturers are adopting their plug. But that's boring, and Musk isn't a guy who cares about the boring stuff. He's exactly the type to ignore the company's best strategic direction just because he can't make grandiose claims on Xhitter about it.