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. On Friday, local time in the United States, affected by the news of layoffs, Tesla's share price closed 9% lower. On the same day, media reported that elonmusk, CEO of Tesla, planned to cut 10% of staff and suspend recruitment p>
later on Thursday, musk sent an email to Tesla executives, saying that he had a "very bad feeling" about the economic situation and called for layoffs. Affected by this news, Tesla's share price plummeted by 9.22% to $703.55 per share, and about $67.2 billion (about 440billion yuan) of market value evaporated overnight, the largest one-day decline in nearly five weeks p>
on the same day, musk clarified that 10% of Tesla's layoffs are only applicable to "salaried employees", and the automaker is still recruiting hourly workers. Tesla will reduce the number of salaried employees by 10% because we already have a surplus of employees in many areas p>
according to the daily economic news, Tesla China did not respond to the layoffs. However, a Tesla China customer service staff member said: "at present, we have not received any notice about layoffs and suspension of recruitment." p>
previously, musk required all Tesla and SpaceX employees to stop remote work and work in the office for at least 40 hours a week p>
according to Tesla's annual financial report, Tesla employs 99290 employees worldwide by the end of 2021 p>
since the beginning of this year, with investors selling technology stocks on a large scale, Tesla's share price has fallen by more than 25% p>
like other automobile manufacturers, Tesla has been dealing with parts shortages and supply chain problems p>
on Friday, analysts from Cowen, an investment bank, lowered Tesla's expectations for delivery in the second quarter. Car deliveries are the closest number to Tesla sales p>
Tesla's new factory outside Berlin started construction in March this year and began to increase production in May. Jeffrey Osborne, managing director and senior research analyst of Cowen, wrote in a report on Friday: "we expect to lose about 50000 to 60000 vehicles, which will also affect profitability. The challenge of producing model y in Berlin and Austin will exacerbate this problem." p>
cowen also predicted that Tesla will lower its performance forecast for this year. The company has set a goal of achieving 50% growth in car sales in 2022. Osborne wrote: "we expect Tesla to face challenges in achieving its delivery growth target of about 50% in 2022. The previous target was 1.35 million vehicles, and we expect to deliver 1.28 million vehicles this year." p>
in addition to worrying about Tesla's performance, musk also plans to spend $44billion to acquire twitter. With Tesla's share price falling, Musk's capital resources are also falling. (Chenchen)