- Tesla despatched an inner memo to Cybertruck workers just lately.
- The memo describes shorter hours on the Austin Gigafactory.
- The brand new schedule follows Tesla’s first year-over-year quarterly gross sales decline since 2020.
Tesla advised workers who work on the Cybertruck that shifts shall be shorter on the manufacturing line on the Austin Gigafactory, in response to an inner messaged seen by Enterprise Insider.
Beforehand, staff clocked 12 hour shifts from 6 a.m. to six p.m. and 6 p.m. to six a.m.. They are going to now be working 11 hour shifts in the course of the day and 10.5 hour shifts at night time — from 6 a.m. to five p.m. and 6 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. — the memo stated.
The brand new schedule was communicated internally on Thursday and can kick in on Monday, in response to the memo.
It is unclear whether or not Tesla is implementing the brand new schedule on different manufacturing strains, or at different factories. Tesla makes the Cybertruck on the Austin Gigafactory, however it additionally makes its Mannequin Y there and is engaged on its next-gen automobile on the location.
Some staff at different Tesla factories in Sparks, Nevada, and Fremont, California, advised BI they have been nonetheless scheduled for full 12 hour shifts. Manufacturing unit staff on the electric-vehicle maker usually work three to 4 days per week.
A spokesperson for Tesla didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Tesla has begun to really feel the affect of slowing demand for EVs. Earlier this month, the corporate’s first-quarter supply numbers fell considerably under Wall Avenue expectations. The corporate noticed its first year-over-year quarterly decline in deliveries since 2020.
On Saturday, some Tesla workers advised BI they’re involved about large layoffs which will come as quickly as this weekend.
It is unclear what number of Cybertrucks Tesla has delivered so far. Throughout Tesla’s newest earnings name in January, Elon Musk stated the Cybertruck was nearly bought out for 2024.
“This can be a production-constraint scenario, not a demand-constraint scenario,” Musk stated on the time.
Tesla launched the Cybertruck in November. The corporate’s Austin manufacturing unit handles manufacturing of the automobile, which Musk has stated requires a excessive stage of precision as a result of truck’s sharp strains.
Forward of the automobile’s launch, Musk warned that Tesla had “dug its personal grave” with the Cybertruck and that it could take years to ramp up manufacturing. Tesla goals to supply 250,000 Cybertrucks per yr by 2025, in response to Musk.
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