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Tesla declined to specify how many jobs would be
cut, and did not comment on a report in the Economic Observer
newspaper last week that it was eliminating 30 percent of its
staff or about 180 of its 600 employees in China.
Some positions are being eliminated while others are added, but
overall headcount has gone down in a restructuring drive that
was announced earlier this year, Tesla spokesman Gary Tao said.
The staffing changes are already nearly complete, he said.
"The first strategy is to build up a strong and efficient team
to respond more quickly to the market, so this is part of the
effort to implement that strategy," Tao said.
China sales have underperformed aggressive targets set by the
company, and Chief Executive Elon Musk is prepared to fire
overseas executives if they fail to turn around operations in
the country, Reuters reported last month, citing sources with
knowledge of the matter.
(Reporting by Jake Spring; Editing by Stephen Coates)
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