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Tesla expands US production

Tesla has hired two new managers to expand production in North America.

Tesla expands its capacities in the USA and Mexico and has brought new experts on board for this purpose. | Photo: Tesla.
Tesla expands its capacities in the USA and Mexico and has brought new experts on board for this purpose. | Photo: Tesla.
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Gregor Soller

Tesla is also planning optimized manufacturing in the USA and is bringing new employees on board for this purpose: The German manufacturing specialist Michael Schmitt is joining Tesla from Bosch, while the manager Michael Hildebrand comes from the pharma giant Eli Lilly. And what the portal "Electrek" already hinted at is now confirmed by Schmitt's LinkedIn profile: Michael Schmitt is now working for Tesla as "Director Operation Giga Tesla" based in Austin, Texas. Schmitt previously worked for Bosch for over 25 years, leading, among other things, the auto parts manufacturing at Bosch in Mexico for five years. It is quite possible that he will help build the planned factory in Mexico from Austin.

Michael Schmitt will likely support Tom Zhu at Tesla, who at the beginning of the year additionally took on the roles of China Chief and top manager for Tesla's sales in the rest of Asia, as well as overseeing the US assembly plants and sales activities in North America and Europe.

Michael Hildebrand also had a long tenure with his previous employer, the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, where he worked for 18 years. He is expected to lead the expansion of the Nevada plant at Tesla as "Head of Gigafactory Nevada Expansion Engineering and Construction." The plan includes a new assembly line for 4680-format battery cells with a capacity of 100 gigawatt-hours per year and another for the mass production of the Tesla Semi electric truck.

To implement these plans, Tesla is calculating investments exceeding 3.6 billion US dollars and intends to hire 3,000 new employees. More detailed information, such as the timeline, is not yet public.

Regarding personnel issues, there is also a prominent departure at Tesla: This week it became known that Zachery Kirkhorn has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Tesla. And he had been on board for a long time: He is leaving Tesla after a total of 13 years, four of which he served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). However, he will remain available to Tesla until the end of the year to ensure a smooth transition. His successor will be the previous Chief Accounting Officer Vaibhav Taneja.

What does this mean?

Tesla continues to expand and restructure. And has brought on board two managers who have been with their previous employers for a long time. In return, Kirkhorn left the company after 13 years. However, since he is staying on until the end of the year, it seems this departure was not in discord.

 

Translated automatically from German.
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