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Tesla's former Shanghai plant chief Song Gang to join renewable energy firm Envision, report says

Song will join Chinese renewable energy group Envision and is set to take on a supply chain management role, according to Reuters.

Tesla's China factory chief set to leave this week, report says

Song Gang joined Tesla Shanghai in December 2018 and was the No. 1 employee at Giga Shanghai.

Tesla China working to rehire some laid-off employees, report says

It's not an easy work, however, as some of the laid-off Tesla employees have joined brands including Nio Onvo.

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    Tesla ramps up layoffs in China, report says

    Tesla is escalating the scale of layoffs in China, with more cuts starting earlier this week, extending mid-April cuts, according to Bloomberg.

    Tesla's China sales team hit in global layoffs, report says

    China is Tesla's second-largest market after the US, contributing 34.23 percent of its global deliveries in the first quarter.

    Tesla reportedly laying off some battery workers at Shanghai plant

    Earlier this week, Tesla began notifying some employees on the battery cell assembly lines at the first phase of its plant in Shanghai about that layoff, according to Bloomberg.

    Tom Zhu becomes 1 of 4 key execs at Tesla

    Zhu, 43, has been officially named senior vice president of Tesla's automotive business.

    Tesla has never seen other EV makers as rivals, China exec says

    Chinese consumers don't really have a lot of options when it comes to buying EVs right now, and the country's NEV market is far from a zero-sum game, said Tesla's Grace Tao.

    Tom Zhu's role expands to cover Tesla's North American and European sales operations, reports say

    Tesla China chief Tom Zhu has reportedly been promoted to run the electric vehicle maker's US assembly plants as well as sales operations in North America and Europe.

    Tom Zhu no longer acts as legal representative of Tesla's operating entity in China

    The change is another sign that Zhu is fading from Tesla's China operations, local media report says.