Tesla, the world's most well-known electric manufacturer, produced 433 thousand 371 vehicles in the first quarter.
While the number of vehicles delivered by Tesla in the first quarter of this year was 386 thousand 810, this number was well below the market expectations of around 450 thousand. In the same period last year, 422 thousand 875 vehicles were delivered.
Thus, the number of vehicles delivered by Tesla decreased by 8,5 percent for the first time since 2020.
Employees will pay the bill
Tesla wants to compensate for the blows it took from falling sales and price cuts by laying off more than 10 percent of its global workforce. This means more than 13 thousand employees.
Elon Musk, in an internal company memorandum, “We have made the difficult decision to reduce our number of employees worldwide by more than 10 percent. “This will enable us to be lean, innovative and adaptable to the next growth cycle.” dedicate.
The company's shares lost a total of 32 percent this year after it published production and delivery data.
In this process, the market value of the electric car manufacturer decreased by approximately 259 billion dollars, falling to 530.7 billion dollars.