April 2023

Tesla more than tripled its Austin gigafactory workforce in 2022

April 5, 2023

Tesla’s 2,500-acre manufacturing hub in Austin, Texas tripled its workforce last year, according to the company’s annual compliance report filed with county officials. Bloomberg first reported on the news. The report filed with Travis County’s Economic Development Program shows that Tesla increased its Austin workforce from just 3,523 contingent and permanent employees in 2021 to […]

Tesla more than tripled its Austin gigafactory workforce in 2022 by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

For SUVs and EVs, subtlety is out and plundering nature is in

April 5, 2023

Here in America, we like our steaks juicy, our tax subsidies to go to sports stadiums and our SUVs and crossovers to look as if they could venture into the wilderness and dominate the landscape at a moment’s notice. Maybe it’s anxiety from years of being cooped up inside during the height of the global […]

For SUVs and EVs, subtlety is out and plundering nature is in by Patrick George originally published on TechCrunch