Tesla Inc. has had a “very robust quarter” because it struggles with supply-chain snags, CEO Elon Musk warned in an inner memo, imploring staff to assist get the EV maker again on observe.
“This has been a really robust quarter, primarily resulting from provide chain and manufacturing challenges in China,” Musk mentioned in an e-mail to workers over the weekend that was seen by Bloomberg. “So we have to rally exhausting to get better!”
The corporate’s Shanghai plant, which had slowed manufacturing in current weeks amid extreme Covid-19 restrictions, is returning to full power and its Austin, Texas, facility is ramping up manufacturing as nicely, Musk mentioned. Final week, he famous, Tesla’s Berlin manufacturing unit constructed nearly 1,000 vehicles, whereas its Fremont, Calif., plant notched a document day of manufacturing.
Musk typically sends companywide emails close to 1 / 4’s finish to push workers to dash to the end, and Tesla is thought to ship many models within the the ultimate weeks. In a subsequent memo, he advised staff to be happy with the “nice, actual merchandise” they make.
The emails of reward and encouragement are in stark distinction with inner messages the world’s richest man despatched earlier this month warning of layoffs amongst salaried workers and his “super bad feeling” in regards to the economic system.