Tesla overtakes Toyota as California’s largest auto employer

Posted on 22 May 2014 by Tim Brown

Electric car-maker Tesla has cemented itself as California's largest automotive employer announcing this week that the company now employs 6,000 staff in the state.

And, according to Tesla spokesman Simon Sproule, Tesla looks to add at least a further 500 staff by the end of this year. Led by billionaire CEO Elon Musk, Tesla is considered a rare manufacturing oddity for choosing California as its base as the state has relatively high labour and energy costs and tough environmental…

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