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Tesla ditches EV inventory price discounts as Elon Musk moves to ‘streamline’ sales and delivery


Tesla has ended discounts on inventory across its entire electric vehicle lineup as part of a plan by CEO Elon Musk to "streamline" sales.

One of Tesla’s delivery workers who was cut this week and spoke to TechCrunch on the condition of anonymity said their location was “short staffed” but still lost multiple employees. Tesla appears to have also eliminated most job listings — save a handful of postings related to its Manufacturing Development Program — from its North America careers page, suggesting a hiring freeze. In early 2019, Musk abruptly announced that Tesla would close many of its retail stores and lay off workers “to achieve the savings required to provide [the Model 3] and be financially sustainable.

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