California filings reveal Tesla Inc. plans to lay off an additional 601 workers in the Bay Area, starting June 20th, according to reports. The cuts affect workers at its Palo Alto and Fremont facilit
The latest wave of Tesla layoffs hit an array of departments, impacting factory workers, software developers and robotics engineers. Read the WARN filing here.
The latest round of job cuts means that Tesla has now slashed nearly 6,000 jobs in total since the beginning of this year
Tesla celebrates building its 3 millionth electric vehicle in California and Nevada, amidst layoffs and declining demand. read more
Tesla's layoffs expanded over the weekend with staff involved in software, service and engineering all reporting that they'd gotten their pink slips. The 10 percent workforce reduction announced earlier by CEO Elon Musk is, Electrek's Fred Lambert writes, closing in on 20 percent. — Read the rest
Rivian Automotive Inc., at one time considered the darling of the electric vehicle market, has informed state officials that it plans more layoffs in California. In an April 24 letter to the state’s Employment Development Department, the company's vice president of people, Scott Griffin, said Rivian planned to lay off more than 120 employees, including 89 in Irvine and 28 in Palo Alto. The job losses will begin in June, Griffin wrote, and are expected to be permanent. In February, the company...
The latest cuts affect engineers, HR, and service advisers.
A Tesla manufacturing plant in California has come under fire from local air regulators who say the electric carmaker has frequently released illegal amounts of air pollution. The Tesla manufacturing and assembly plant in Fremont has been cited for more than 110 air quality violations since 2019 — more than twice any other major facility in the Bay Area. Air district officials say the facility's two painting shops have been the source of uncontrolled releases of smog-forming pollution and toxic...
A California nonprofit has sued Tesla over what it calls the company's "ongoing failure to comply with the Clean Air Act" at its Fremont assembly plant.
Days after Elon Musk terminated most of the Supercharger team, BP's electric vehicle charging division is looking to pick up Tesla's slack.
A driver died after he plunged more than 300 feet down a hillside off Highway 50 near Pollock Pines on Tuesday, according to the El Dorado County Fire Protection District. In a social media post, the fire protection district said the man’s wife had alerted authorities to the crash. Fire officials said the Tesla the man was driving automatically notified her that it had been in a crash. The Sacramento Bee reported that authorities were notified of the crash around 11:30 a.m. The outlet reported...
Tesla's Fremont plant has received 112 notices of violation from local air pollution body since 2019