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Tesla has delivered for New York what was contracted in terms of jobs and the factory is used for making solar panels. If they hadn't, they would have had to pa
by Robotbeat 6y ago
Tesla has delivered for New York what was contracted in terms of jobs and the factory is used for making solar panels. If they hadn't, they would have had to pay a penalty.
- cma 6y agoI believe they weren't on track to meet the goal before coronavirus and then got an extension ostensibly because of coronavirus (in reality it was more likely for the governor to save face): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giga_New_York#Jobs_commitment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giga_New_York#Jobs_commitment
- bryanlarsen 6y agoAccording to your link they were over their commitment in early 2020.
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- cma 6y agoI didn't realize that. It looks like there was a big hiring rush in January/February to meet the deadline: https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2020/01/30/tesla-factory-buffalo-hiring-state-penalties.html https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2020/01/30/tesla-fac...
- bryanlarsen 6y agoThey also did a nationwide hiring blitz of installers, so it's also possible that the hiring rush was so they could build product for sale and had little to do with the deadline. They only announced that V3 product development was complete in late 2019, so ramping up it's production also happened around this time.