Tesla appears to be on expansion mode notwithstanding the job cuts the company had implemented recently. The carmaker is said to be gearing up to boost production and consequently search for new talents, welcome changes that will apply on Tesla's production facilities in California and Nevada.
In a report, Bloomberg said Tesla is gunning to increase output in both its Fremont and Giga factories, and will, therefore, require more manpower. The publication cited an internal email sent by Tesla automotive president Jerome Guillen as a source of its information.
Per the same report, Guillen announced the move in the wake of the company's sterling performance in the June quarter of 2019, in which the total car production reached more than 87,000 units, and deliveries have been made to 92,5000 customers. Both levels were the highest that the company has seen to date.
It seems now Tesla is looking to eclipse the Q2 figures the company has reported and intends to do better by the end of September 2019.
In line with the preparation for increased production activities, Guillen said Tesla is currently in hiring mode, and more workers will be recruited in Fremont where Tesla cars are assembled and at Giga in Reno, Nevada, which is the company's battery factory.
"As we continue to ramp up production, please tell your friends and neighbors that we have lots of exciting new positions open," the Tesla executive was reported as saying.
Interestingly, the announced hiring spree runs in counter with the decision made by Tesla CEO Elon Musk to implement job cuts last June. But it should be noted that the axed employees were not from the production division of the company, according to CNET.
Bloomberg said Tesla going on high production mode would mostly focus on the Model 3 sedan that bannered the company's record sales in the second quarter of 2019. From the data furnished by the company, it showed that combined sales or deliveries of the Model S sedan and the Model X crossover in the quarter only totaled to 17,650 units.
So it was evident that the Tesla Model 3 is becoming the company's flagship product in terms of sales figures. And it's understandable as the Model 3 is the cheapest in Tesla's offerings.
For the 2019 calendar year, the goal is to reach a total production of 500,000 units, but Guillen has noted that achieving the numbers will greatly depend on how things will unfold at Tesla's factory in Shanghai, China. It is expected that the bulk of Tesla's 2019 production output will consist of the bestselling Model 3.
Tesla has likewise indicated that the Model S and Model X will be refreshed anytime soon. According to Musk, the car models will only get "a series of minor ongoing changes."
