Tesla tells Cybertruck workers that shifts will be shorter

Tesla is rolling out changes to its Cybertruck line.

Richard Vogel

Tesla recently sent out an internal memo to Cybertruck employees.

The memo describes shorter work hours at the Gigafactory in Austin.

The new schedule follows Tesla’s year-over-year sales decline since 2020.

This is a machine translation of an article from our American colleagues at Business Insider. It was automatically translated and checked by a real editor.

Tesla has a working staff Cybertruck Employees said changes to the production line at the Gigafactory in Austin will be brief, according to an internal memo seen by Business Insider.

Previously, workers worked in 12 am to 6 am shifts. They will now work an 11-hour day shift and a 10.5-hour night shift — from 6 am to 5 pm and 6 pm to 4:30 am — the memo says.

The new schedule was submitted internally on Thursday and will go into effect on Monday, the memo said.

It is not known if Tesla will use the new schedule for other production lines or in other factories. Tesla makes the Cybertruck at the Gigafactory in Austin, but also produces the Model Y there and is working on its next-generation car.

Some workers in others Tesla factories in Sparks, Nevada, and Fremont, California, BI said they were still scheduled for full 12-hour shifts. electric car manufacturer usually work three to four days a week.

A Tesla spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Tesla has begun to consider the effects of decrease in demand for electric vehicles to feel Earlier this month, the company’s first-quarter delivery numbers were below Wall Street’s expectations. The company recorded first drop of delivery year to year since 2020.

On Saturday, some Tesla employees told BI that they were concerned deep dismissal doing so could happen as early as this weekend.

It is not known how many Cybertrucks Tesla has delivered so far. Time Tesla’s last balance sheet meeting In January, Elon Musk said that the Cybertruck was about to be sold by 2024.

“This is a production constraint situation, not a demand constraint situation,” Musk said at the time.

Tesla brought the Cybertruck on the market in November. The company’s Austin plant is responsible for producing the vehicle, which Musk said required a high level of precision due to the truck’s sharp lines.

Before the car was launched, Musk warned that Tesla was working on a Cybertruck “he dug his own grave.” and that it will take years to increase production. According to Musk, Tesla wants to produce 250,000 Cybertrucks per year by 2025.

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