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Tesla is shortening shifts on its Cybertruck line.Richard Vogel
- Tesla lately despatched an inner memo to Cybertruck staff.
- The memo describes lowered hours on the Austin Gigafactory.
- The brand new schedule follows Tesla's first year-over-year quarterly gross sales decline since 2020.
Based on an inner message seen by Enterprise Insider, Tesla advised staff engaged on the Cybertruck that there shall be lowered shifts on the manufacturing line on the Austin Gigafactory.
Earlier, staff used to work 12-hour shifts from 6 am to six pm and 6 pm to six am. The memorandum mentioned they may now work in 11-hour shifts throughout the day and 10.5-hour shifts at night time – from 6 am to five pm and from 6 pm to 4:30 am.
The brand new schedule was communicated internally final Thursday and can go into impact Monday, based on the memo.
It's unclear whether or not Tesla is implementing the brand new schedule on different manufacturing traces or at different factories. Tesla makes the Cybertruck at its Austin Gigafactory, but it surely additionally builds its Mannequin Y there and is engaged on its next-generation car at that location.
Some staff at different Tesla factories in Sparks, Nevada and Fremont, California advised BI they had been nonetheless scheduled for full 12-hour shifts. Manufacturing facility staff at electric-vehicle producers sometimes work three to 4 days per week.
A Tesla spokesperson didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Tesla has began to really feel the influence of slowing EV demand. Earlier this month, the corporate's first-quarter supply numbers fell effectively in need of Wall Avenue expectations. The corporate noticed its first year-on-year quarterly decline in deliveries since 2020.
On Saturday, some Tesla staff advised BI they’re frightened about main layoffs that would occur later this week.
It's unclear what number of Cybertrucks Tesla has delivered thus far. Throughout Tesla's newest earnings name in January, Elon Musk mentioned the Cybertruck was virtually offered out for 2024.
“It is a production-constraint scenario, not a demand-constraint scenario,” Musk mentioned on the time.
Tesla launched the Cybertruck in November. The corporate's Austin manufacturing facility handles manufacturing of the car, which Musk has mentioned requires a excessive degree of precision as a result of truck's sharp traces.
Earlier than the car's launch, Musk warned that Tesla had “dug its personal grave” with the Cybertruck and that it might take years to ramp up manufacturing. Based on Musk, Tesla goals to provide 250,000 Cybertrucks per yr by 2025.
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